阿伦·欧文

英国编剧、演员

阿伦·欧文

AlunDaviesOwenwasaWelshscreenwriterandactorpredominantlyactiveintelevision.BorninMenaiBridgeandhisfamilymovedtoLiverpoolwhenhewas8.Hisfather,SidneyOwen,wasaWelshmanfromDolgellau,NorthWales,andhismother,Ruth,wasfromHolyhead,butofIrishdescent.OwenattendedStMichaelintheHamletAnglicanPrimarySchoolandOultonHighSchool.FortwoyearsduringtheSecondWorldWar,heworkedinacoalmineasa"BevinBoy",beforemovingintorepertorytheatreasanassistantstagemanager.Fromtherehemovedintoacting,firstwiththeBirminghamRepertoryCompanyandthenvariousothercompanies,appearinginsmallrolesinfilmsandtoagreaterdegreeinthenewermediumoftelevisionduringthe1950s.Bythelate1950s,Owenwasbeginningtorealisethathisrealambitionslayinwritingratherthanperforming,andhebegantosubmitscriptstoBBCRadio.Hisfirstfull-lengthplay,ProgresstothePark,wasproducedbytheTheatreRoyal,StratfordEastfollowingitsradiodebut,andlaterintheWestEnd.Hisplaywashisfirsttobewrittendirectlyfortelevision.TitledNoTramstoLimeStreet(1959),theLiverpool-setpiecewaspresentedinABCTelevision'sArmchairTheatreanthologystrand,forwhichOwencontinuedtowriteplaysintothe1960s.In1964,whendirectorRichardLesterwashiredtodirectTheBeatles'firstfilm,herememberedOwenfromtheirpreviousworktogetheronLester'sITVtelevisionprogrammeTheDickLesterShowin1955.TheBeatleswerekeenonOwen,impressedwithhisdepictionofLiverpoolin"NoTramstoLimeStreet";Owenspentsometimeassociatingwiththeband'sfourmemberstogainanearfortheircharactersandmannersofspeech.AHardDay'sNightearnedhimanominationforthe1965AcademyAwardforWritingOriginalScreenplay.Inthesameyear,OwencontributedthelibrettoforaWestEndmusical,composerLionelBart'sMaggieMay.Televisioncontinuedtobehismainmedium

1、本站所有文本、信息、视频文件等，仅代表本站观点或作者本人观点，请网友谨慎参考使用。
2、本站信息均为作者提供和网友推荐收集整理而来，仅供学习和研究使用。
3、对任何由于使用本站内容而引起的诉讼、纠纷，本站不承担任何责任。
4、如有侵犯你版权的，请来信（邮箱:baike52199@gmail.com）指出，核实后，本站将立即删除。

下一篇Derek Tansley

上一篇吉尔·梅尔福德