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| Born | James David Rudkin (1936-06-29)29 June 1936 (age 88) London, England |
| Occupation | Playwright |
| Language | English |
James David Rudkin (born 29 June 1936) is anEnglish playwright.
Rudkin was born inLondon. Coming from a family of strictevangelical Christians,[1] he was educated atKing Edward's School, Birmingham and readMods and Greats atSt Catherine's College, Oxford. Beginning to write duringnational service in theRoyal Corps of Signals, Rudkin taught Latin, Greek and music atNorth Bromsgrove High School inWorcestershire until 1964,[2] while also directing amateur theatre productions.[3]
Following the success of his first playAfore Night Come (1962), Rudkin translated works byAeschylus,Roger Vitrac, thelibretto ofSchoenberg'sMoses and Aaron, and wrote the book to theWestern Theatre Ballet'sSun into Darkness (Sadlers Wells 1963)[4] and the libretto forGordon Crosse'scomic opera,The Grace of Todd.[2]
Rudkin's major works for the stage includeAshes (1974),The Sons of Light (written in 1965 though not staged until 1975),The Triumph of Death (1981) andThe Saxon Shore (1986). His associations with the RSC also led him to translate theHippolytus ofEuripides for the company in 1978, having translated the author'sHecuba for radio three years previously.[2]
He has written for television, includingThe Stone Dance (1963),Children Playing (1967),House of Character (1968)[4] (staged by theBirmingham Rep asNo Title in 1974),Blodwen, Home from Rachel's Marriage (1969),Bypass (1972),Atrocity (1973), theAlan Clarke-directedPenda's Fen (1974), andArtemis 81 (1981); for radio, includingNo Accounting for Taste (1960),Gear Change (1967),[2]Cries from Casement as His Bones are Brought to Dublin (1973) (also staged by the RSC); and for cinema, includingFrançois Truffaut'sFahrenheit 451 (1966).
He has also written a volume in theBritish Film Institute's "Film Classics" series, a 2005 study ofCarl Theodor Dreyer'sVampyr.[5]
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