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[…] changed because I joined an amateur society - this was during my last year at college - which had classes on a Saturday and Sunday, and this amateur dramatics society was run by Jack DeLeon and his wife Beatty DeLeon, who died aged, I think she was ninety two, this year. And I saw Beatty just about[…]

[…] and we had talks, and Michael Barry5 as head of drama and practically everyone came along. And we had a […]

[…] soon after that, the - I had gone to the Drama League and asked them if they would engage me […]

[…] films display a strong documentary influence and include the hospital drama White Corridors (1951) and The Birthday Present. Working in […]

[…] films display a strong documentary influence and include the hospital drama White Corridors (1951) and The Birthday Present. Working in […]

[…]p;          “I had no real idea what I’d do at the BBC”. Interview panel: Martin Esslin, major figure in drama & theatre; Hyram Tennyson, distinguished producer; facing me, uncultured, uneducated, knew little about anything, made embarrassing gaffe re[…]

[…] Blewitt'... 1936, '37. Er...and that really was a milestone, because this was the first, sort of fictional story, and the beginnings of the use of a dramatic shape and form. There were snatches in 'Night Mail'...little vignettes of humanity, but this, 'The Saving of Bill Blewitt' was conceived as a[…]

[…]I believe the British public are perfectly capable of recognising that. Of course you can't have people making outrageous things.But most of the best dramatists and journalists look at the human condition. Now that can always be interpreted as being left of centre. Always. But I don't know whether t[…]