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Allen was born in the Miles Platting area of Manchester, Lancashire, on 7 October 1926, the second child of Kitty and Jack Allen, Roman Catholics of Irish descent. At the outbreak of World War II in 1939, Allen left school at the age of 13 to work in a wire factory. He had various jobs during the war, before being called up into the Army in ...
Jan 8, 2015 · Christopher Eccleston looks at the life and works of the socialist playwright Jim Allen. In 1978, Eccleston was inspired to work in television after watching the BBC Play For Today: The Spongers.
Christopher returns to Manchester to discover more about Jim Allen, the playwright behind The Spongers - a man who "wrote beautifully about real people's lives".
Jan 8, 2015 · Jim Allen: A Man of His Words. 4 Extra Debut. Christopher Eccleston looks at the life of the Socialist playwright Jim Allen. With Ken Loach and Jimmy McGovern. From 2015. In 1978, actor ...
Jim Allen: A Man of His Words. Christopher Eccleston looks at the life and works of the Socialist playwright Jim Allen. BBC Radio 4 Extra
May 21, 2005 · A UNIQUE archive of books and papers used by Middleton playwright Jim Allen has been opened. ... and he broke his contract to write his famous play, The Lump, a powerful piece about building ...
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Jim Allen's most controversial work was the play Perdition (1987), which was directed by Ken Loach. The play was about collaborations between Hungarian Zionists and the Nazis during the Holocaust. It was to have been performed at Royal Court London, but the management cancelled it after huge public controversy.
