Robert Bolt(1924-1995)
- Writer
- Director
- Actor
Son of a small shopkeeper, he attended Manchester Grammar School. He
later said that he made poor uses of his opportunities there. He went
to work in an insurance office, but later entered Manchester
University, taking a degree in History. A post-graduate year at Exeter
University led to a schoolmaster's position, first at a village school
in Devon, then for seven years at Millfield. During this time he wrote
a dozen radio plays, which were broadcast. Encouraged by the London
success of his stage play "Flowering Cherry" he left teaching for
full-time writing. 1960 saw two of his plays ("The Tiger And The Horse"
and "A Man For All Seasons") running concurrently in the West
End.
