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British writer
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Male
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Education:
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
( - 1984)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Richard Stirling is a British writer and actor, who has appeared on film, television and the West End and American stage. He has written arts features for many newspapers and magazines, and drew attention for his 2009 play Seven Other Children, penned as a response to Caryl Churchill's controversial play Seven Jewish Children.
Works
Books
- Julie Andrews: An Intimate Biography (Sunday Times Top Ten best seller, UK Piatkus/Little Brown 2007; US St Martin's Press 2008; reprinted UK Little Brown 2013)
Plays
- Seven Other Children
- Dorothy Squires: Mrs Roger Moore (starring Al Pillay)
- Over My Shoulder: The Jessie Matthews Story (starring Anne Rogers)
- Gay's the Word (revised version of the Ivor Novello/Alan Melville musical)
- Is She One of Us? in development 2014
- A Princess Undone (starring Stephanie Beacham as Princess Margaret)
Selected roles
Film
- Scoop (Tinsley's Fan) 2006
- Mrs Dalloway (Receptionist) 1998
- War Requiem (Third Soldier; choreographer) 1989
- Little Dorrit (John Chivery) 1988
- Great Expectations (1999)
- Our Mutual Friend (1999)
- The Secret Agent (1992)
- Jeeves and Wooster (1990)