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John Hopkins

JOHN HOPKINS

  (1931 - 1998)
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    Alan Brodie Representation Ltd  (estate)

Born in London, John Hopkins spent his early years in Wimbledon. He read English at Cambridge University and after graduating joined the BBC as a studio manager and subsequently became a producer. His original work for television includes: BREAK-UP, A WOMAN COMES HOME, A CHANCE OF THUNDER, Z-CARS, WALK A TIGHT CIRCLE, I TOOK MY LITTLE WORLD AWAY, HORROR OF DARKNESS, SOME PLACE OF SAFETY, A MAN LIKE ORPHEUS, FABLE, TALKING TO A STRANGER, SOME DISTANT SHADOW, A GAME - LIKE - ONLY A GAME, BEYOND THE SUNRISE, WALK INTO THE DARK, SOME DISTANT SHADOW, THAT QUIET EARTH, A STORY TO FRIGHTEN THE CHILDREN, FATHERS AND FAMILIES, HIROSHIMA and adaptations of Ford Madox Ford's PARADE'S END, Fyodor Dostoevsky's THE GAMBLER and John Le Carre's SMILEY PEOPLE all for the BBC and CODENAME: KYRIL, adapted from the novel by John Trenhaile. He also adapted THE SMALL BACK ROOM and MINE OWN EXECUTIONER from novels by Nigel Balchin and DANCERS IN MOURNING and DEATH OF A GHOST from novels by Margery Allingham. His films include TWO LEFT FEET, THUNDERBALL, VIRGIN SOLDIERS, THE OFFENCE, MURDER BY DECREE and THE HOLCROFT COVENANT. His original stage plays include THIS STORY OF YOURS (Royal Court, 1968), FIND YOUR WAY HOME (Open Space, 1970 and then Broadway), ECONOMIC NECESSITY (Haymarket, 1973), NEXT OF KIN (National Theatre, 1974), LOSING TIME (Manhattan Theatre Club, 1979) and ABSENT FOREVER (Great Lakes Theatre Festival, 1987). Hopkins won the British Screen Writer's Guild Award two years in succession for his work on Z CARS; the British Director's Guild Award for his ground-breaking mini series TALKING TO A STRANGER in 1966; and an Emmy Award in 1969 for his contribution to MASTERPIECE THEATRE. He also received the Writer's Guild of America's Humanitas Prize and the Penn Literary Prize for HIROSHIMA. - http://www.alanbrodie.com/#!John-Hopkins/c1u0w/iek1hzr744

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         Absent Forever         Economic Necessity         Find Your Way Home         Losing Time         Next Of Kin         On Location         Talking To A Stranger         This Story Of Yours

Absent Forever

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Clevland, Ohio     1987

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Economic Necessity

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Leicester     1973

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Find Your Way Home

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middle aged man leaves wife and children to live with gay lover, wife confronts him

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Open Space, London     1970

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Penguin, London (Plays & Players July 1970), 1971   -

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Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length

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Losing Time

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Next Of Kin

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London     1974

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On Location

Synopsis:
Commercials are filmed in a stately home with a genuine english butler, with much deception and misunderstanding.

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Book by John Hopkins; Lyrics by Diana Bell; Music by Aidan Bell

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East Herts College, Broxbourne, Herts     1987

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east Herts College

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Talking To A Stranger

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Hopkins Ringwood (Vic) : Penguin Books Australia, 1967   014045005X

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Four Television Plays

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This Story Of Yours

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Police sergeant investigating rape murders arrests and kills his own suspect.

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1st Produced:
Brighton     1968

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Penguin, London, 1969   -

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Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  extras

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