Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood (1980)

Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood

1980

Documentary

Synopsis

This 1980 Arena documentary profiles writer and performer Victoria Wood and teenage playwright Andrea Dunbar. Wood is seen, alongside Julie Walters, during rehearsals for Wood's stage play Good Fun at the Sheffield Crucible and the film explores her talent to amuse through her witty and engaging songs. The film also looks at Dunbar, as her first play, The Arbor, written when she was only 15, was running at the Royal Court.

Credits

Director

Nigel Williams

Cast

Andrea Dunbar as Self (The Arbor Playwright)

Annabel Leventon as Good Fun Cast Member (uncredited)

David Bamber as The Arbor Cast Member (uncredited)

Jeff Rawle as The Arbor Cast Member (uncredited)

Julie Walters as Self - Good Fun Cast Member

Kathryn Pogson as The Arbor Cast Member (uncredited)

Max Stafford-Clark as Self - Director of The Arbor

Mia Soteriou as The Arbor Cast Member (uncredited)