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David Rudkin

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  • Director
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David Rudkin was born in 1936. He is a writer and director, known for A Ghost Story for Christmas (1971), Screenplay (1986) and Testimony (1987).
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    • Known for

    A Ghost Story for Christmas (1971)
    A Ghost Story for Christmas
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Screenplay (1986)
    Screenplay
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Ben Kingsley in Testimony (1987)
    Testimony
    7.1
    • Writer
    • 1987
    Emily Woof in The Woodlanders (1997)
    The Woodlanders
    6.2
    • Writer
    • 1997

    Credits

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    Writer

    • Emily Woof in The Woodlanders (1997)
      The Woodlanders
      6.2
      • Writer
      • 1997
    • Gawain and the Green Knight (1991)
      Gawain and the Green Knight
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • screenplay
      • 1991
    • December Bride (1990)
      December Bride
      6.4
      • Writer
      • 1990
    • Ben Kingsley in Testimony (1987)
      Testimony
      7.1
      • screenplay
      • 1987
    • Screenplay (1986)
      Screenplay
      6.5
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 1987
    • Across the Water (1983)
      Across the Water
      3.2
      TV Movie
      • writer
      • 1983
    • Artemis 81 (1981)
      Artemis 81
      5.5
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 1981
    • Leap in the Dark (1973)
      Leap in the Dark
      7.7
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 1980
    • A Ghost Story for Christmas (1971)
      A Ghost Story for Christmas
      7.7
      TV Series
      • a television version by
      • 1975
    • Churchill's People (1974)
      Churchill's People
      5.6
      TV Series
      • adaptation
      • 1974–1975
    • Play for Today (1970)
      Play for Today
      7.8
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 1974
    • Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
      Thirty-Minute Theatre
      7.0
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 1972–1973
    • The Wednesday Play (1964)
      The Wednesday Play
      7.3
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 1968–1969
    • Reginald Barratt, Richard Beckinsale, Freddie Fletcher, Bernard Hepton, Arthur Lowe, Brian Miller, Ron Moody, Jack Rosenthal, Liz Smith, and Paula Wilcox in ITV Playhouse (1967)
      ITV Playhouse
      7.2
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 1967
    • Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
      Fahrenheit 451
      7.2
      • additional dialogue (uncredited)
      • 1966

    Director

    • Screenplay (1986)
      Screenplay
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1987

    Personal details

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      • Casarotto Ramsey & Associates
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    • Born
      • 1936
    • Other works
      His play, "Afore Night Come", was performed at the Arts Theatre Club in London, England in a Royal Shakespeare Company production with David Warner, Freddie Jones and Timothy West in the cast. Clifford Williams was the director.
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      British playwright who became famous overnight in his mid-twenties with his sensational and gruesome stage play "Afore Night Come".

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