Simon (James Holliday) Gray - Works

Playwright, director, and novelist, born on Hayling Island, Hampshire, S England, UK. He studied at Cambridge, and became lecturer in English literature at Queen Mary College, London (1965–85). Many of his plays are set in the world of academics, depicting lonely alienated men rejected by society. His first play, Wise Child, was produced in 1967. Later plays include Otherwise Engaged (1975), Quartermaine's Terms (1981), Melon (1987), and Simply Disconnected (1996). In An Unnatural Pursuit (1985), he describes the suffering endured by a lonely playwright. His memoirs include The Smoking Diaries (2004) and The Year of the Jouncer (2006).

Simon James Holliday Gray, CBE (born October 21, 1936) is an English playwright.

Gray has written over 30 plays, including Butley, Quartermaine's Terms, several TV plays, film scripts and a number of popular memoirs.

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 Clases Japes Just the Three of Us The Old Masters

Screenplays

Butley (1974) A Month In The Country (1987)

Television Plays

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