David Slattery-Christy
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David Slattery-Christy

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'At the heart of his career is a twin devotion: to reviving forgotten voices and bridging the worlds of stage and scholarship. Slattery-Christy has cultivated a reputation as a careful researcher, an intuitive dramatist, and a steward of cultural memory. His work finds purchase where actor and archivist meet, where the ghosts of Edwardian stages and wartime letters might be reimagined for contemporary audiences. Whether through lyric biography or theatrical invention, he continues to explore the resonances of past lives in our own time.' Oxford Review David was born in Oxford, England, in 1959. He graduated from London's City University with a BA (Hons) Degree in Journalism. In addition to this he has a Teaching Degree from Lancaster University [PGCE] and a Master of Arts (Dist) in (Scriptwriting) from the University of Central Lancashire, and continues his professional development by undertaking research and history courses at the University of Oxford. He has worked extensively in the performing arts industry as a playwright, producer and director. His stage plays include the award winning Forever Nineteen, After The Tone and The Post Card - which enjoyed London and New York productions, as well as touring nationally in the United Kingdom. His involvement in adapting the libretto for Ivor Novello's 1935 musical Glamorous Night resulted in him directing the 50th Anniversary Concert to celebrate the life and work of Novello at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in London's West End. Subsequently he has worked as the Ivor Novello Consultant on Julian Fellowes and Robert Altman's Oscar and BAFTA winning film Gosford Park, and contributed to the BBC Documentary on the life of Novello, The Handsomest Man in Britain. For BBC Radio 3 Composer of Week on Ivor Novello he was script consultant and guest for the five hour-long programmes He is the author of In Search of Ruritania & My Life, a biography on Ivor Novello & Edwardian Beauty: Lily Elsie & The Merry Widow - the first biography of the elusive actress and singer who found fame in Lehar's operetta The Merry Widow in 1907. His most recent work was the play Naturally Insane! The Life of Dan Leno about the famous Victorian Music Hall star, presented on tour and at the Criterion Theatre in London’s West End. He has written several plays, novels, biographies and screenplays. Flyte or Fancy: Evelyn Waugh Meets Harry Clifton on the Road to Brideshead, his most recent historical fiction book, now followed by First Impressions – Literary Houses and Famous Authors.
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