Bruce Stewart (scriptwriter)
Bruce Robert Stewart (4 September 1925 – 29 September 2005) was a scriptwriter best known for his scripts for television. Originally from New Zealand,[1] he lived for several years in Australia, working in the theatre, before moving to the United Kingdom in the early 1960s.[2] There he worked on many projects for both the BBC and ITV, notably Out of the Unknown and Timeslip.
Bruce Stewart | |
|---|---|
| Born | Bruce Robert Stewart 4 September 1925 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Died | 29 September 2005 (aged 80) Lewes, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation(s) | Scriptwriter, dramatist/playwright |
Biography
Stewart was born in Auckland. For three years he studied to be a priest at Marist seminary. He then moved into the entertainment industry. He would perform songs and tell stories as a forces entertaininer, then moved into radio in Auckland, where he worked as a radio announcer and actor. In 1947 Stewart moved to Sydney, Australia where he got work as a radio announcer. He became an actor, appearing in radio dramas, as well as acting in stage plays in the evening. His breakthrough performance as a radio actor was in a production of Morning Departure.[3]
TV scripts
- A Time of the Serpent (1958)[4]
- The Land of the Long White Cloud (1958) - serial
- Shadow of a Pale Horse (1959)
- The Devil Makes Sunday (1962)
- Jezebel (1963) (TV series) - story editor[5]
- Day of the Drongo (1964)[6]
- The Harp in the South (1964) - BBC adaptation
- Boney and the Monster (1972)
- Old Man March is Dead (1976) - BBC play[7]
- Secret Valley (1984) - TV series
- Professor Poopsnagle's Steam Zeppelin (1986) - TV series
Radio plays
- The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1958) - BBC radio adaptation
- Time of the Serpent (1958)
- Low Voice in Rama (1960)
- The Hot and Copper Sky (1962)
- Flower of Blood (1991) - BBC
Novels
- A Disorderly Girl (1978)
- The Hot and Copper Sky (1981)
References
- Bio Archived 30 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine at official Timeslip website.
- Vagg, Stephen (10 January 2022). "Forgotten Australian Television Plays: The Devil Makes Sunday". Filmink.
- Phil, Peter. Drama in Silent Rooms: A History of Radio Drama in Australia from the 1920s to the 1970s. Eureka Media. p. 286-288.
- "Worth Reporting". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 25, no. 49. 14 May 1958. p. 42. Retrieved 26 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- "DID YOU KNOW?". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 30, no. 51. 22 May 1963. p. 20. Retrieved 26 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- "DID YOU KNOW?". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 31, no. 37. 12 February 1964. p. 18. Retrieved 26 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Nation of hypochondriacs". The Canberra Times. Vol. 50, no. 14, 385. 22 May 1976. p. 14. Retrieved 26 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.