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Andrea Dunbar (22 May 1961 – 20 December 1990) was an English playwright. She wrote The Arbor (1980) and Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1982), an autobiographical drama about the sexual adventures of teenage girls living in a run-down part of Bradford, West Yorkshire.
Andrea Dunbar was 15 when she wrote her first play, and her raw depictions of life on her Bradford estate caused a sensation. Now her own tragic life story is being told on stage.
Jun 6, 2019 · Andrea Dunbar: The short, troubled life of the prodigal Bradford playwright. Dubbed a ‘genius straight from the slums’ prior to her death at the age of 29, Dunbar led a difficult life. As the...
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Mar 27, 2021 · Bradford-born Andrea Dunbar was just 15 when she began writing her first play as part of a school assignment. The story is of a Bradford schoolgirl who falls pregnant to her Pakistani boyfriend on a racist estate and has to deal with her drunken and abusive father.
Apr 22, 2011 · “The Arbor,” which opens Wednesday at Film Forum in Manhattan, concerns the hard-knock life and tough-minded work of the playwright Andrea Dunbar, who wrote about the grim cycles of addiction...
Dec 24, 2020 · The 20th of December 2020 marks 30 years since the death of Bradford-born playwright Andrea Dunbar. Dunbar’s most famous work is undoubtedly her 1981 play ‘Rita, Sue and Bob Too’, which was later adapted into a film of the same name by British director Alan Clarke.
Oct 24, 2020 · Andrea Dunbar was a young mother who wrote acclaimed plays about working-class life in the North, such as The Arbor and Rita, Sue and Bob Too. She died in 1990, aged 29, but her work continues to be performed and celebrated 30 years later.
