Paul Ableman
Born in Leeds, Yorkshire, 13 June 1927; brought up in New York. Educated at King's College, University of London. Military service: 3 years. Married; one son.
Stage Works
- Even His Enemy, with Gertrude Macauley (as Letters to a Lady, produced 1951). 1948.
- Help! (revue; produced 1963).
- One Hand Clapping (revue; produced 1964)
- Dialogues (produced 1965).
- Green Julia (produced 1965). 1966.
- Tests (sketches). 1966.
- Emily and Heathcliff (produced 1967).
- Blue Comedy, Madly in Love, Hank's Night (produced 1968). 1968;
- The Black General, adaptation of Othello by Shakespeare (produced 1969).
- And Hum Our Sword (produced 1973).
- Little Hopping Robin (produced 1973).
- The Visitor (produced 1974).
- Windsor All-Sorts (produced 1977).
Radio Play
- The Infant, 1974.
Television Plays
- Barlowe of the Car Park, 1961;
- That Woman Is Wrecking Our Marriage, 1969;
- Visits from a Stranger, 1970;
- The Catch in a Cold, 1970;
- The Wrong 'Un, from a work by Michael Brett, 1983;
- Love Song, from a novel by Jeffrey Archer, 1985;
- A Killing on the Exchange series, 1987.
Novel
- I Hear Voices. 1957.
- As Near As I Can Get. 1962.
- Vac. 1968.
- The Twilight o f the Vilp. 1969.
- Tornado Pratt. 1977.
- Shoestring (novelization of television play). 1979.
- Porridge (novelization of screenplay). 1979.
- Shoestring's Finest Hour. 1980.
- County Hall (novelization of television series). 1981.
- Hi-De-Hi (novelization of television series). 1983.
- A Killing on the Exchange (novelization of television series). 1987.
- Dad's Army (novelization of the television series by Jimmy Perry and David Croft). 1989.
Verse
Bits: Some Prose Poems. 1969.
Other
- The Mouth and Oral Sex. 1969; as The Mouth, 1972; as The Sensuous Mouth, 1972.
- Anatomy of Nakedness. 1982; as The Banished Body, 1984.
- The Doomed Rebellion. 1983.
- Straight Up: The Autobiography of Arthur Daley, As Told to Paul Ableman. 1992.
Translator, with Veronica Hall, Egypt, by Simonne Lacourture.
1963.