Background
David Pownall was born on May 19, 1938, in Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Keele University, Keele, Newcastle ST5 5BG, United Kingdom
David received a Bachelor of Arts from the University College of North Staffordshire (now Keele University) in 1960.
(An Epiphanous Use of the Microphone was commissioned by t...)
An Epiphanous Use of the Microphone was commissioned by the BBC for the 75th anniversary celebrations of BBC Radio drama and broadcast in May 1998. This and five previously unpublished David Pownall radio plays, each an award-winner, make up a compilation of some of this country's finest radio plays. Also includes the plays Beef, Floss, Ploughboy Monday, Under the Table, and Kitty Wilkinson.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Radio-Plays-Epiphanous-Microphone-Playwrights/dp/1840020342/?tag=prabook0b-20
1998
(An historical novel set in the last decades of Queen Eliz...)
An historical novel set in the last decades of Queen Elizabeth 1st's reign and the first of King James's. It centres on Miguel, a man of curious origin who arrives washed up on the South Coast of England after the Armada and is befriended by William Shakespeare. Intrigue and skullduggery ensue.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Catalogue-Men-hb-David-Pownall/dp/0330374400/?tag=prabook0b-20
1999
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David Pownall was born on May 19, 1938, in Liverpool, United Kingdom.
David received a Bachelor of Arts from the University College of North Staffordshire (now Keele University) in 1960.
After graduating, David worked for the Ford Motor Company until 1963. He then worked for seven years at Zambian copper mining before turning his attention to the theatre. He was a dramatist in residence with the Century Mobile Theatre and Duke’s Playhouse in Lancaster, and co-founded the Paines Plough Theatre Company with John Adams.
Pownall's stage plays have been performed extensively, including runs on Broadway, and at the National Theatre, Old Vic, Wyndham, and Barbican in London, and the RSC. Some of his works include Music to Murder By, Livingstone and Sechele and Elgar’s Rondo, which was commissioned by the RSC. His best-known work is Master Class, a portrayal of composers Shostakovich and Prokofiev in the grip of Stalin’s cultural dictatorship. It has been revived numerous times in the UK and performed in over twenty countries, many of them ex-Soviet Territories, including Russia.
Recognized as one of the UK’s most prolific and respected radio dramatists, David’s work can be heard regularly on BBC Radio 3 and 4, as well as on international radio. David has had over sixty plays broadcast in the English-speaking world and in translation. He has written ten novels, including The Ruling Passion, which was serialized on BBC Radio 4. He has also written short stories for children and adults, and two collections of poetry, and a book of reminiscences.
(An Epiphanous Use of the Microphone was commissioned by t...)
1998(An historical novel set in the last decades of Queen Eliz...)
1999David married Glenys Elsie Jones, a teacher, in 1961. After the divorce, he married Mary Ellen Ray, an actress. They separated in 1972, and he married Alex Sutton in 1993.