Rudkin, (James) David

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RUDKIN, (James) David

RUDKIN, (James) David. British, b. 1936. Genres: Plays/Screenplays, Translations. Career: Playwright. Royal Signals, cipher operator, 1955-57; County High School, Bromsgrove, Worcs., assistant master of Latin, Greek, and Music, 1961-64. Publications: Afore Night Come, 1966; The Grace of Todd (opera libretto), 1970; Cries from Casement as His Bones Are Brought to Dublin, 1974; Penda's Fen, 1974; Ashes, 1977; The Sons of Light, 1981; The Triumph of Death, 1981; The Saxon Shore, 1986; Broken Strings (opera libretto), 1998. TRANSLATOR: Schoenberg, Moses and Aaron, 1965; Euripides, Hippolytus, 1980; Ibsen, Peer Gynt, 1983; Ibsen, Rosmersholm, 1990; Ibsen, When We Dead Waken, 1990. Address: c/o Casarotto Ramsay & Associates Ltd, National House, 60-66 Wardour St, London W1V 4ND, England.