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Encyclopedia > Simon Gray

Simon James Holliday Gray CBE (born October 21, 1936) is an English playwright. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama. ...


Born in Hayling Island, England, he attended Westminster School, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia and Trinity College, Cambridge. He lives in London. The coastline of Hayling Island. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Westminster School (disambiguation). ... Dalhousie University is a university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. ... For other uses, see Halifax, Nova Scotia. ... Full name The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity Motto Virtus vera nobilitas Virtue is true Nobility Named after The Holy Trinity Previous names King’s Hall and Michaelhouse (until merged in 1546) Established 1546 Sister College(s) Christ Church Master The Lord Rees of Ludlow Location Trinity Street... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...


He is married to Victoria née Rothschild, youngest daughter of Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild. Nathaniel Mayer Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild, CBE, GM, FRS (October 31, 1910 – March 20, 1990) was a biologist by training and a member of the prominent Rothschild family. ...


Gray has written over 30 plays, including Butley, Quartermaine's Terms, several TV plays, film scripts and a number of popular memoirs. He has collaborated with actor Alan Bates five times; with director Harold Pinter seven times, most recently on The Old Masters. Peter Bowles, Edward Fox and Clive Francis have frequently appeared in his plays. He often writes lead roles for middle-aged males. His subject matter is often the trials and tribulations of educated intellectuals, and his plays are notable for their wit and emotional incisiveness. Alan Bates as butler in Gosford Park (2001) Sir Alan Arthur Bates CBE, (February 17, 1934 – December 27, 2003) was a British actor. ... Harold Pinter, CH, CBE (born 10 October 1930) is an English playwright, screenwriter, poet, actor, director, author, and political activist. ... Peter Bowles (born October 16, 1936) is a British actor. ... Edward Charles Morrice Fox, OBE (born 13 April 1937) is an English stage, film and television actor. ...


In the New Year's Honours List published 31 December 2004 he was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to Drama and Literature. is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Old book bindings at the Merton College library. ...


Works

Plays

  • Wise Child
  • Dutch Uncle
  • The Idiot (adapted from Dostoyevsky)
  • Spoiled
  • Butley
  • Otherwise Engaged
  • Dog Days
  • Molly
  • The Rear Column
  • Close of Play
  • Stage Struck
  • Quartermaine's Terms
  • The Common Pursuit
  • Melon (later revised as The Holy Terror)
  • Hidden Laughter
  • Life Support
  • Simply Disconnected (sequel to Otherwise Engaged)
  • Cell Mates
  • The Late Middle Classes
  • Japes
  • Just the Three of Us
  • The Old Masters
  • Little Nell

Screenplays Wise Child is a play by Simon Gray. ... Fyodor Dostoevsky. ... A 1974 film starring Alan Bates, based on the play of the same name by Simon Gray. ... Otherwise Engaged is a bleakly comic play by Britains Simon Gray. ... This page may refer to: Stage Struck (album), a live album by Rory Gallagher released in 1980. ... Play by Simon Gray. ... Cell Mates is a play by Simon Gray. ...

Television Plays A 1974 film starring Alan Bates, based on the play of the same name by Simon Gray. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ...

  • The Man in the Sidecar
  • Plaintiffs and Defendants
  • Two Sundays
  • After Pilkington
  • They Never Slept
  • Unnatural Pursuits (2 parts)
  • Old Flames
  • Running Late
  • Femme Fatale

Novels

  • Little Portia
  • Breaking Hearts

Memoirs

  • An Unnatural Pursuit
  • How's that for Telling 'em, Fat Lady?
  • Fat Chance
  • Enter A Fox
  • The Smoking Diaries
  • The Year of the Jouncer

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Teenreads.com - SHADES OF SIMON GRAY by Joyce McDonald (875 words)
Teenreads.com - SHADES OF SIMON GRAY by Joyce McDonald
Simon Gray is the ideal teenager — smart, reliable, hardworking, trustworthy.
The main characters in SHADES OF SIMON GRAY are Simon Gray, Devin McCafferty, Kyle Byrnes, Danny Giannetti, and Liz Shapiro.
BookPage Children's Review: Shades of Simon Gray (667 words)
Simon Gray is a high school senior with his share of personal problems; his mother has died, and the members of his family have retreated, his sister into drugs and his father into bitter grief.
So too, has Simon, though he doesn't realize it, by compromising his principles in order to be liked by a girl who is obviously using him.
When he ends up in a coma after wrecking his car, the lives and schemes of those around him start to unravel, and he finds himself trapped in a strange netherworld that looks like his hometown, but where time and space mean different things to different people.
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