Keith Dewhurst
Keith Dewhurst (24 December 1931 – 11 January 2025) was an English playwright and film and television scriptwriter.
Life and career
[edit]Born in Oldham on 24 December 1931, Dewhurst was educated at Rydal School and Peterhouse, Cambridge, graduating with a B.A. in English in 1953. After working as a yarn tester for Lancashire Cotton Corporation, he worked for the Manchester Evening Chronicle from 1955 to 1959,[1] as their reporter on Manchester United.[2]
Dewhurst wrote television plays from 1960, and plays for the theatre from the late 1960s. He also wrote radio plays and a couple of novels.[1] His non-fiction Underdogs (2012) tells the story of Darwen FC's long run in the 1879 F.A. Cup.[2][3]
Dewhurst died on 11 January 2025, at the age of 93.[4][5]
Works
[edit]Plays
[edit]- Running Milligan. Televised 1965. Published in Michael Marland, ed., Z Cars: Four Scripts from the Television Series, 1968.
- Rafferty's Chant. Produced at the Mermaid Theatre, 1967. Published in Plays of the Year33, 1967.
- Corunna!. Produced 1971.
- Kidnapped, adaptation of the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. Produced 1972.
- The Bomb in Brewery Street. Produced 1975.
- Lark Rise and Candleford, adaptation of works by Flora Thompson. Produced 1978–1979.
- Don Quixote, adaptation of the novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Produced 1982.
- The Animals of Farthing Wood, adaptation of the Colin Dann novel.
Television plays
[edit]- Albert Hope, 1962
- The Siege of Manchester, 1965
- Men of Iron, 1969
- It Calls for a Great Deal of Love, 1969
- Lloyd-George, 1973
- Our Terry, 1975
Non-fiction
[edit]- Underdogs: the unlikely story of football's first FA Cup heroes (Yellow Press, 2012)
- When You Put on a Red Shirt: Memories of Matt Busby, Jimmy Murphy and Manchester United (Yellow Press, 2012)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Christopher Smith, 'Keith Dewhurst', in K. A. Berney, ed., Contemporary British Dramatists, Gale, 1994, pp.187–91
- ^ a b Hunter Davies, The triumph of failure, The Spectator, 10 March 2012
- ^ John Crace, 'Underdogs: The Unlikely Story of Football's First FA Cup Heroes by Keith Dewhurst – review', The Guardian, 21 March 2012
- ^ "Keith Dewhurst obituary: prolific playwright and scriptwriter". The Times. 30 January 2025. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
- ^ Coveney, Michael (7 February 2025). "Keith Dewhurst obituary". The Guardian.
External links
[edit]- Keith Dewhurst at IMDb
- Keith Dewhurst at www.doollee.com
- Keith Dewhurst Biography (1931-) at www.film.reference.com
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