Michael Voysey
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Michael Voysey was a playwright
and writer
for TV programmes.
As a playwright he created My Astonishing Self from the works of George Bernard Shaw
. He also wrote The Amorous Goldfish and adapted Marguerite by Armand Salacrou
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
and writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
for TV programmes.
As a playwright he created My Astonishing Self from the works of George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60...
. He also wrote The Amorous Goldfish and adapted Marguerite by Armand Salacrou
Armand Salacrou
Armand Camille Salacrou was a French dramatist.He was born in Rouen, but spent most of his childhood at Le Havre, and moved to Paris in 1917. His first works show the influence of the Surrealists....
Works
As a TV writer he has written the following:- "Father Brown" (1974) TV Series (adaptation)
- Cheri (1973) (TV)
- CranfordCranfordCranford may refer to:*Cranford - a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell*Cranford - a BBC television adaptation of Cranford and other works by Elizabeth GaskellCranford may also refer to the following places:...
(1972) (TV) - "Wives and Daughters" (1971) (mini) TV Series (adaptation)
- Imperial Palace (1969) (TV)
- "MiddlemarchMiddlemarchMiddlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life is a novel by George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Anne Evans, later Marian Evans. It is her seventh novel, begun in 1869 and then put aside during the final illness of Thornton Lewes, the son of her companion George Henry Lewes...
" (1968) (mini) TV Series (adaptation) - "A Place of One's Own", an episode of Mystery and ImaginationMystery and ImaginationMystery and Imagination is a British television anthology series of classic horror and supernatural dramas. Five series were broadcast from 1966 to 1970 by ITV and featured plays based on the works of well-known authors such as Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley, M. R. James, and...
(1968) - The White Rabbit (1967) - a TV series adpted by Voysey from the novels by Bruce MarshallBruce MarshallLieutenant-Colonel Claude Cunningham Bruce Marshall, known as Bruce Marshall was a prolific Scottish writer who wrote fiction and non-fiction books on a wide range of topics and genres. His first book, A Thief in the Night came out in 1918, possibly self-published...
- "Mr. John Jorrocks" (1966) TV Series (writer)
- The Old Wives' Table (1964) (TV)
- "Suspense" (1962) TV Series (writer)
- "Persuasion" (1960) (mini) TV Series
- "Barnaby Rudge" (1960) TV Series (writer)
- Hilda Lessways (1959) (TV) (adaptation)
- "The Royalty" (1957) TV Series (writer)
- The Present, an episode of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents (1956)