David Wood (actor)

David Wood
Born (1944-02-21) 21 February 1944
Sutton, Surrey, England
Language English
Education Chichester High School for Boys
Alma mater Worcester College, Oxford
Genre Children's literature
Notable works The Gingerbread Man (1976)
Notable awards Order of the British Empire
Website
www.davidwood.org.uk

David Wood, OBE (born 21 February 1944 in Sutton, Surrey, England) is an actor and writer whom The Times called "the National Children's Dramatist".[1] Along with John Gould, he founded the Whirligig Theatre, a touring children's theatre company.[2]

He was educated at Chichester High School for Boys and Worcester College, Oxford.

Wood has been an actor, composer, producer, director, lyric writer, magician, author, and playwright.

His most famous story, The Gingerbread Man (1976), has been all around the world since its premiere at the Towngate Theatre in Basildon. Wood, FilmFair, and Central Independent Television adapted the musical into an animated children's television series. The adaptation, also called The Gingerbread Man, aired on ITV in 1992.

Among his film roles are Johnny in Lindsay Anderson's If.... (1968) and Thompson in Aces High (1976). He appeared as the character Bingo Little in the original London cast of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alan Ayckbourn musical Jeeves in 1975.

He wrote the screenplay for Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons, released by Anglo EMI in 1974.

He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours List, for his services to literature and drama.

Plays

Original works:

Adaptations of Roald Dahl's books for children:

Other adaptations of English authors of children's literature:

Filmography

Notes

  1. David Wood: The National Children's Dramatist
  2. Wood, David; Grant, Janet (15 March 1999). Theatre for Children: A Guide to Writing, Adapting, Directing, and Acting. Ivan R. Dee. pp. 22–. ISBN 978-1-4616-6449-9. Retrieved 27 March 2013.

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