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Parnell Bradbury

British writer and playwright (1904–1977) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Frederick Parnell Bradbury (19 January 1904[1] – 6 August 1977)[2] was a British writer and playwright. He is known for co-writing Dark Lucy with Philip King. He was also a theatre critic for The Times.

Bradbury was born in Shepherd's Bush, London, to Frederick Stephen Bradbury, a dentist, and Kate Simmons Lynn.[3][4]

Bradbury was a member of Sussex Playwrights.[5]

He died at his home in Lydney, Gloucestershire in August 1977, aged 73.[6]

Bibliography

Bradbury also wrote under the pseudonym H. D. Bell.[7]

  • "The Plight of the Little Theatres". The Author and the Public: Problems of Communication (Report of the 28th International P.E.N. Congress. London 1956). Hutchinson. 1957.

Plays

  • A Man of No Experience (one act)
  • Calling all Kings : a collection of six one-act plays for children (1944)
  • Dark Lucy (with Philip King)
  • Off the Camden Road (three acts)
  • The Judgement of Harris (1951)
  • The Marzipan Prince

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