An anthology of Terence Davies's autobiographical and biographical screenplays, with critical introductions and previously unpublished archival material.
This collection of Terence Davies's screenplays brings together his powerful autobiographical work, from the films that comprise The Terence Davies Trilogy (1983) to his 2008 poetic documentary Of Time and the City of 2008, and his biopics of the poets Emily Dickinson and Siegfried Sassoon. The screenplays are supported by new critical introductions and by film stills and previously unpublished material from Terence Davies's personal archive.
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An anthology of Terence Davies's autobiographical and biographical screenplays, with critical introductions and previously unpublished archival material.
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Ben Roberts, Chief Executive, British Film Institute, London, UK
Introduction by Lillian Crawford, film critic, London, UK
The Screenplays:
1) Autobiography:
1. The Terence Davies Trilogy (1983)
2. Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
3. The Long Day Closes (1992)
4. Of Time and the City (2008)
2) The Poets:
1. A Quiet Passion (2016) (Emily Dickinson)
2. Benediction (2021) (Siegfried Sassoon)
Notes
Index
Terence Davies was a British screenwriter, film director, poet, and novelist. The youngest child of a large working-class Catholic family, he was born in Kensington, Liverpool on 10th November 1945. After leaving school at 16, he worked as a clerk in a shipping office and a book-keeper in an accountancy firm for ten years. During this time he gained amateur acting experience, winning the LAMDA Gold Medal and first prize in the National Arts Awards. In 1973 Terence left Liverpool to go to drama school in Coventry, where he wrote the screen play for Children, which would become the first instalment of The Trilogy. He went on to write and direct nine feature films - Distant Voice Still Lives, The Long Day Closes, The Neon Bible, The House of Mirth, Of Time and the City, The Deep Blue Sea, Sunset Song, A Quiet Passion, and Benediction. His final script, an adaptation of Janette Jenkins novel Firefly, which retells the last five days of the life of Noel Coward, is currently in development. He died on 7 October 2023.
