* David Rudkin

* Ashes ( play ), a play by David Rudkin

Distinctive work for these strands included further plays by Minton including Funny Farm ( 1975 ) and Scum ( further details below ), but also Sovereign ’ s Company ( 1970 ) by Don Shaw, The Hallelujah Handshake ( 1970 ) by Colin Welland and Penda ’ s Fen ( 1974 ) by David Rudkin.

* The Saxon Shore by David Rudkin, directed by Pierre Audi ( Almeida Theatre Company ) 27 February-22 March 1986 ( 205 )

* 1962 – David Rudkin for Afore Night Come

James David Rudkin ( born 29 June 1936, London ) is an English playwright of Northern Irish descent.

* David Rudkin: Sacred Disobedience: an expository study of his drama 1959-96 by David Ian Rabey, Oxford, Routledge, 1998 ISBN 90-5702-126-9

* 1947 – David Letterman, American comedian and talk show host

* 1950 – David Cassidy, American actor, singer, songwriter and guitarist ( The Partridge Family )

* 1770 – David Thompson, Canadian explorer ( d. 1857 )

* 1900 – David Manners, Canadian-American actor ( d. 1998 )

* 1960 – David Miscavige, American leader of the Church of Scientology

* 1924 – David Rowbotham, Australian poet ( d. 2010 )

* 1984 – David Bentley, English footballer

* 1965 – David Robinson, American basketball player

* 1854 – Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden.

* 1925 – David A. Huffman, American computer scientist, developed the Huffman coding ( d. 1999 )

* 1942 – David Steinberg, Canadian comedian, actor, director, and author

* 1980 – Charlie David, Canadian actor

* 1958 – David Feherty, Irish golfer

* 1971 – David Monahan, American actor

* 1960 – David Yow, American singer-songwriter ( Scratch Acid, The Jesus Lizard, and Qui )

* 1985 – David Hart Smith, Canadian wrestler

* 1890 – David Wilber, American politician ( b. 1820 )

In the mid-19th century important leaders included Transcendentalists such as Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 1803 – 1882 ) and Henry David Thoreau ( 1817 – 1862 ).

* 1948 – David Gemmell.

* 1969 – David Wain, American actor

* 1970 – David James, English footballer

* 1983 – David Gervasi, Swiss decathlete

* 1956 – David Grant, English singer ( Linx )

* 1982 – David Florence, Scottish canoe racer

Playwright Tom Stoppard made a public denunciation, and Brian Sewell ( art critic of the Evening Standard ) has consistently been hostile, as has David Lee, the editor of Jackdaw.

Playwright and actor, Charles Dibdin, recorded that George, discovering his brother's absence would often inquire " Did David want me?

Playwright John Guare became interested in Hampton's story through his friendship with two of his duped hosts — Osborn and Inger Elliott, who were outraged to find " David Poitier " in bed with another man the morning after they let him into their home.

Playwright and lyricist David Lindsay-Abaire won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Rabbit Hole.

Playwright and screenwriter David Mamet, speaking of his book Bambi Meets Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose and Practice of the Movie Business, used The Gilded Age as a metaphor for Hollywood.

Playwright Greenberg has stated that one of the compulsions for creating a baseball play was his complete immersion into the sport in 1999 after following the New York Yankees ' ( then -) record 114-win season the previous year, beginning with David Wells ' perfect game.

Playwright David Hare notioned that the site be used as an art gallery as opposed to an expected privatised redevelopment.

Playwright David Lan has been the theatre's artistic director since 2000.

Playwright David Auburn skillfully introduces an oddly balanced group of characters whose lives merge on the rooftop of an old Chicago building marked for demolition.

Kemsley studied acting at the Independent Theatre of Dramatic Art from 1969-1972 under Doris Fitton and attended the Playwright Forum at the National Institute of Dramatic Art ( NIDA ) in 1973 under the directorship of David Whittaker.

# The Chinese-American Literary Scene: A Galaxy of Poets and a Lone Playwright By: Wand, David Hsin-Fu ; Proceedings of the Comparative Literature Symposium, 1978 ; 9: 121-46.