Roy Minton (born in
Nottingham
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,
England
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) is an
English
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playwright best known for ''
Scum'' and his other work with
Alan Clarke
Alan John Clarke (28 October 1935 – 24 July 1990) was an English television and film director, producer and writer.
Life and career
Clarke was born in Wallasey, Wirral, England.
Most of Clarke's output was for television rather than cinema, ...
. He is notable for having written over 30 one-off scripts for
London Weekend Television
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,
Rediffusion
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ATV,
Granada
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,
Thames Television
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and
Yorkshire Television
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, including
Sling Your Hook
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*Sling, Anglesey, Wales
* Sling, Gloucestershire, England, a small village in the Forest of Dean
People with the name
* Otto Šling (1912–1952), repressed Czech communist functionary
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ...
,
Horace
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (; 8 December 65 – 27 November 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace (), was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). The rhetorician Quintilian regarded his ' ...
,
Funny Farm
Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental health hospitals, behavioral health hospitals, are hospitals or wards specializing in the treatment of severe mental disorders, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, dissociati ...
,
Scum,
Goodnight Albert
Good Night or Goodnight may refer to:
Film and television
* Good Night (film), ''Good Night'' (film), a 2008 short film from India
* ''The Good Night'', a 2007 film
* ''Good Night, and Good Luck'', a 2005 film
* ''Good Night'', one of five mini ...
, and
The Hunting of Albert Crane.
He has translated and performed several of his plays overseas and at festivals in the UK, including a reading of his play for ''
Scum'' at the
Royal Shakespeare Company
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, London; and
Gradual Decline
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at the
Riverside Studios
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Having closed for redevelopment in ...
London.
Minton also wrote the screenplay for ''
Scrubbers
''Scrubbers'' is a 1982 British drama film directed by Mai Zetterling and produced by Don Boyd starring Amanda York, Kathy Burke, and Chrissie Cotterill. It was shot primarily in Virginia Water, Surrey, England. It was inspired by the success ...
'', a film from which he disassociates himself totally. During his absence overseas, he felt the original screenplay had been "savaged" and describes the final production as "...arguably the
worst film ever made
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."
Background
Born in Nottingham England, Minton won a two-year
scholarship
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Scholarsh ...
at the
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
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,
London
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. He worked as an
actor
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prior to writing full-time. He was winner of a
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playwriting competition, received the
Art Council Award
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and was resident
dramatist
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Etymology
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at the
Nottingham Playhouse
Nottingham Playhouse is a theatre in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. It was first established as a repertory theatre in 1948 when it operated from a former cinema in Goldsmith Street. Directors during this period included Val May and Fr ...
.
Works
Stage Plays
* ''
Death in Leicester
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''
* ''
Sometime Never
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Continuity
The epi ...
''
* ''
Ag and Fish
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''
* ''
Good Times
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''
* ''
Bovver''
* ''
Funny Sunday''
* ''
Scum''
* ''
Gradual Decline
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''
Feature Films
* ''
Scum''
* ''
Scrubbers
''Scrubbers'' is a 1982 British drama film directed by Mai Zetterling and produced by Don Boyd starring Amanda York, Kathy Burke, and Chrissie Cotterill. It was shot primarily in Virginia Water, Surrey, England. It was inspired by the success ...
''
Radio Plays
* ''
Working Weekend'' BBC
* ''
A Kiss on the Peke
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'' Radio Telefís Éireann, Dublin.
* ''
The Gold Medallist'' BBC
Films and Plays for Television
* ''
Stand By Your Screen''
* ''
Goodnight Albert
Good Night or Goodnight may refer to:
Film and television
* Good Night (film), ''Good Night'' (film), a 2008 short film from India
* ''The Good Night'', a 2007 film
* ''Good Night, and Good Luck'', a 2005 film
* ''Good Night'', one of five mini ...
''
* ''
Horace
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (; 8 December 65 – 27 November 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace (), was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). The rhetorician Quintilian regarded his ' ...
''
* ''
Horace (tv series)'' 6 x 30-minute plays for
Yorkshire Television
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based on the original BBC film.
* ''
Funny Farm
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''
* ''
Scum''
* ''Fast Hands''
Further reading
* ''
Bovver'' One-act play. Prompt Series, Hutchinson.
* ''
Scum'' Novel adapted from the film script. Hutchinson/Arrow Books
Personal life
Minton lives in
north London
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The term ''nort ...
and continues to write novels, scripts and plays. He is currently working on his
autobiography
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It is a form of biography.
Definition
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.
Awards
*
Arts Council Award
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External links
Roy Minton’s Blog.at the
BFI
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's
Screenonline
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625.org biography
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
English dramatists and playwrights
People from Nottingham
English male dramatists and playwrights