David Rudkin’s Interrogations

Synopsis

In Autumn 1984, as part of the Birmingham Theatre Festival, David Rudkin was invited by Triangle Arts Centre to host a series of workshops with a small group of new playwrights. Shows the creative processes of the group and Rudkin’s approach to writing plays in which he brings up an image from his subconscious and then interrogates’ the image to discover the nucleus of the play.

Series

Contrasts, Series

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min.

Year of production

1985

Availability

Hire

Uses

Students of drama and literature.*

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

drama in English; Rudkin, David

Credits

Director

Stephen Garrett

Production Company

Name

Central Independent Television

Notes

use Carlton UK Television

Distributor

Name

Arts on Film Archive, University of Westminster

Notes

Arts on Film Archive offers on-line access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. In its first phase, the archive offers a complete database and an on-line video streaming of all 450 films made by the film department of Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998 and several films produced till 2003 by the dance Department of ACE. The collection is only available streamed to ac.uk domain addresses.