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John Arden

John Arden
John Arden is the author of a variety of plays, including All Fall Down, which appeared in 1955, Serjeant Musgrave's Dance, Live Like Pigs, and The Non-Stop Connolly Show, co-authored and co-produced in 1975 with his wife Margaretta D'Arcy. Silence Among the Weapons, his first novel, was short-listed for the Booker Prize. Cogs Tyrannic, a collection of short stories, received the PEN Short Story Prize and his story, 'Breach of Trust,' from the 2003 collection, The Stealing Steps, took the V.S.Pritchett Memorial Prize. Books of Bale: a fiction of history, appeared in 1988. He has also written drama for children, radio plays and work for television. Born in Barnsley in Yorkshire, Arden attended Sedbergh School, Yorkshire and studied architecture at King's College Cambridge and the Edinburgh College of Art. Fellow in playwriting at Bristol University, 1959-60 and visiting lecturer in politics and drama, New York University, he was a founding member of the Theatre Writers' Group, which became the Theatre Writers' Union. He has lived in Ireland for four decades.Perform John Arden
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The Waters of Babylon
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The True History of Squire Jonathan
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The True History of Squire Jonathan
Short Play / 1f, 1m
Its black charcoal burners roaming in the forest round Squire Jonathan's house recall Lord of the Rings.
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Left-Handed Liberty
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Left-Handed Liberty
Commissioned by the Corporation of the City of London to mark the 750th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta. Left-Handed Liberty was staged at Bernard Miles’ Mermaid Theatre in June 1965 in front of invited audiences including the Queen, dignitaries and schoolchildren before being opened to public performances from 14th June 1965.
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Arden Plays: v.2: 'The Workhouse Donkey', 'Armstrong's Last Goodni...