Bruce Stewart (scriptwriter)
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 |
Bruce Robert Stewart (4 September 1925 – 29 September 2005) was an actor and scriptwriter best known for his scripts for television. Originally from New Zealand,[1][self-published source?] 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.[3]
Biography
[edit]Stewart was born in Auckland and studied at Mount Albert Grammar.
For three years he studied to be a priest at Marist seminary. He then moved into the entertainment industry.[4]
Stewart served in the army. 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.
Sydney
[edit]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.[5]
London
[edit]Stewart moved to London in 1955 and began working in television and radio as an actor. His breakthrough as a writer was Shadow of a Pale Horse.
TV scripts
[edit]- A Time of the Serpent (1958)[6]
- The Land of the Long White Cloud (1958) - serial
- Shadow of a Pale Horse (1959)[7]
- The Watchmen of Saul (1961)
- The Devil Makes Sunday (1962)
- Jezebel (1963) (TV series) - story editor[8]
- Day of the Drongo (1964)[9]
- The Harp in the South (1964) - BBC adaptation
- Boney and the Monster (1972)
- Timeslip (1972-73)
- Old Man March is Dead (1976) - BBC play[10]
- Secret Valley (1984) - TV series
- Professor Poopsnagle's Steam Zeppelin (1986) - TV series
Radio plays
[edit]- Peter & Paula - Australian radio serial
- The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1958) - BBC radio adaptation
- Time of the Serpent (1958) - about Eliza Fraser
- Blood on the Coral Sea
- Night of the Gods - about explosion of Mount Tarawera
- The Wake of the Long White Cloud (1958) - serial - also acted[11]
- Moonfall (radio play) (1959)
- Low Voice in Rama (1960)
- The Hot and Copper Sky (1962)
- Flower of Blood (1991) - BBC
- Day of the Galah
Novels
[edit]- A Disorderly Girl (1978)
- The Hot and Copper Sky (1981)
Select acting credits
[edit]Radio
[edit]- Walter - The Boy Wonder (1947) - New Zealand
- Dossier on Dumetrius (1949)
- Deadly Nightshade (1950)
- 26 Hours (1952)
- Night Beat
- Doctor Paul
- The Strange Life of Deacon Brodie
- Headquarters Man
- The Great Escape
- Reach For The Sky
- Mildred Pierce
- Kitty Foyle
- Saratoga Trunk
- Crisis
- The Truth About Blayds
- Romeo and Juliet (1952)[12]
- Hop Harrigan
- GM Hour - Behold We Live (1953)
- Blind Man's Bluff (1954)[13]
Stage
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Bruce Stewart Seeks Change From TV Scripts". Press. 10 October 1961. p. 13.
- ^ "Bruce Stewart Seeks Change From TV Scripts". Press. 10 October 1961. p. 13.
- ^ Philp, 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.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (13 September 2023). "Forgotten Australian Television Plays: Shadow of a Pale Horse". Filmink.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Worth Reporting". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 25, no. 49. Australia, Australia. 14 May 1958. p. 42. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Smoky Dawson in own show". The Sun. No. 13, 347. New South Wales, Australia. 18 November 1952. p. 26 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "WEDNESDAY, February 17". The Age. No. 30, 821. Victoria, Australia. 11 February 1954. p. 7 ("THE AGE" RADIO SUPPLEMENT). Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Stage Whispers". The Sunday Herald (Sydney). No. 169. New South Wales, Australia. 20 April 1952. p. 10. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Repertory Plans". The Sunday Herald (Sydney). No. 160. New South Wales, Australia. 17 February 1952. p. 9. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
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