Roy Minton
Roy Minton (born, in Nottingham, England) is an English playwright best known for Scum and his other work with Alan Clarke. He is notable for having written over 30 one-off scripts for London Weekend Television, Rediffusion, BBC, ATV, Granada, Thames Television and Yorkshire Television, including , Horace, Funny Farm, Scum, , and .
He has 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 at the Riverside Studios London.
Minton also wrote the screenplay for Scrubbers, a film from which he disassociates himself totally. During his absence overseas, he felt the original screenplay had been "savaged" and describes the final production as "...arguably the worst film ever made."
Background[]
Born in Nottingham England, Minton won a two-year scholarship at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. He worked as an actor prior to writing full-time. He was winner of a BBC playwriting competition, received the and was resident dramatist at the Nottingham Playhouse.
Works[]
Stage Plays[]
- Scum
Feature Films[]
Radio Plays[]
- BBC
- Radio Telefís Éireann, Dublin.
- BBC
Films and Plays for Television[]
- Stand By Your Screen
- Horace
- 6 x 30-minute plays for Yorkshire Television based on the original BBC film.
- Funny Farm
- Scum
- Fast Hands
Further reading[]
- One-act play. Prompt Series, Hutchinson.
- Novel adapted from the film script. Hutchinson/Arrow Books
Personal life[]
Minton lives in north London and continues to write novels, scripts and plays. He is currently working on his autobiography.
Awards[]
External links[]
- Roy Minton’s Blog.
- Roy Minton at IMDb
- Scum (TV drama) at the BFI's Screenonline
- Scum at IMDb
- 625.org biography
- Living people
- English dramatists and playwrights
- People from Nottingham
- English male dramatists and playwrights