Simon Gray (1) (1936–2008)
Author of The Smoking Diaries
For other authors named Simon Gray, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Playwright Simon Gray was born in Hayling Island, Hampshire, England on October 21, 1936. He received degrees from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and from Cambridge University. He has edited a literary review (like the characters in The Common Pursuit) and taught drama, show more poetry, and English literature in universities, both major and provincial. He has written 40 plays, television plays, and screenplays and five novels, and adapted Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Idiot for the National Theatre. Some of his works include Butley, Otherwise Engaged, Quartermaine's Terms, The Smoking Diaries, The Year of the Jouncer, and The Last Cigarette. He died on August 6, 2008. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Simon Gray
Simon Gray Four Plays: "The Pig Trade", "In the Vale of Health", "Japes", "The Holy Terror" (2004) 7 copies
Key Plays: "Butley", "Otherwise Engaged", "Close of Play", "Quartermaine's Terms", "The Late Middle Classes" (2002) 5 copies
The definitive Simon Gray. 2 2 copies
Pig in a Poke 2 copies
Common Pursuit, The 2 copies
Plaintiffs and Defendants 2 copies
Man in a Side-Car 2 copies
Two Sundays 2 copies
Simon Gray: Four Plays 1 copy
Simon Gray : 2008 1 copy
Associated Works
The Pleasure of Reading: 43 Writers on the Discovery of Reading and the Books that Inspired Them (2015) — Contributor — 82 copies
The Actor's Book of Scenes from New Plays: 70 Scenes for Two Actors, from Today's Hottest Playwrights (1988) — Contributor — 80 copies
Screen Two: They Never Slept (TV Episode, 1991) — Screenwriter — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Gray, Simon James Holliday
- Birthdate
- 1936-10-21
- Date of death
- 2008-08-07
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Hayling Island, Hampshire, England, UK
- Place of death
- London, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Notting Hill, West London, England, UK
Hayling Island, Hampshire, England, UK
Montreal, Canada - Education
- Westminster School, London
Dalhousie University
University of Cambridge (Trinity College) - Occupations
- playwright
lecturer (university)
screenwriter
novelist
memoirist - Relationships
- Pinter, Harold (creative partnership)
Bates, Alan (creative partnership)
Rothschild, Emma (sister-in-law)
Rothschild, Baron Nathaniel Mayer Victor (father-in-law) - Organizations
- University of London (Queen Mary's College)
- Awards and honors
- Order of the British Empire (Commander ∙ 2004)
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Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 65
- Also by
- 10
- Members
- 1,094
- Popularity
- #23,491
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 28
- ISBNs
- 150
- Languages
- 1