David Storey (Estate)
Playwright
Agent
Biography
David Storey was born in Yorkshire. He studied at Wakefield Art School from 1951-53, and subsequently at the Slade School in London. After his art studies and a career as a professional rugby player, he turned to writing. His plays have been produced throughout the world to great acclaim.
David Storey’s work for television included HOME in 1971, and GRACE, and adaptation from a story by James Joyce, which was shown on the BBC in 1974. He wrote the screenplay for his novel THIS SPORTING LIFE and play IN CELEBRATION.
Of his novels, THIS SPORTING LIFE won the Macmillan Fiction Prize in 1960, FLIGHT AND CAMDEN won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1961 and the Somerset Maugham Award 1963. PASMORE won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 1973 and SAVILLE won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1976.
HOME had a very-well received revival in Paris in 2015 – at le Theatre L’Oeuvre.
David Storey died on 26th March 2017.
Credits
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
|
HOME 2013 |
SEArED Productions |
with Jack Shepherd & Paul Copley at the Arcola Theatre, London |
|
HOME 2009 |
Theatre Royal Bath | |
| 1967 In Celebration | The Royal Court | |
| 1969 The Contractor | The Royal Court | |
| 1969 The Restoration of Arnold Middleton | The Royal Court | |
| 1973 The Farm | The Royal Court | |
| 1974 Life Class | The Royal Court | |
| 1976 Mother's Day | The Royal Court | |
| 1978 180 Early Days | The National Theatre | |
| 1978 Sisters | Royal Exchange Manchester | |
| 1985 Phoenix | Century Theatre Company, Yorkshire | |
| 1989 The March on Russia | Olivier Theatre | |
| 1994 Caring | Published by Methuen | |
| 1994 Stages | Cottesloe | |
| 1996 The Changing Room | Duke of York's Theatre | |
| 2002 The Contractor | The Oxford Stage Comapny | |
| 2004 Home | The Oxford Stage Company | |
|
In Celebration 2008 |
Sonia Friedman Productions |
