Roy minton autobiography featuring

Roy Minton 28 August — 17 August was an English playwright and screenwriter best known for Scum and his other work with Alan Clarke. Minton translated and performed several of his plays overseas and at festivals in the UK, including a reading of his play for Scum at the Royal Shakespeare Company , London; and Gradual Decline at the Riverside Studios London.

Minton also wrote the screenplay for Scrubbers , a film from which he disassociated himself. He felt the original screenplay had been "savaged" during his absence overseas, and described the final production as "arguably the worst film ever made.

On Thursday, Minton died at Ascension Seton Medical Center with his family at his side after a brief illness.

Minton worked as an actor prior to writing full-time. Minton later lived in north London , and worked towards an autobiography. He died on 17 August , at the age of Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version.

The inspiring autobiography of James Dyson, the countryÂ's leading entrepreneur and inventor, and how he succeeded against all the odds.

In other projects. Wikidata item. English playwright and screenwriter — Background [ edit ].