Andrea Dunbar

Andrea Dunbar
Born22 May 1961
Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died20 December 1990(1990-12-20) (aged 29)
Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
OccupationPlaywright
EducationButtershaw Comprehensive School
Literary movementRealism

Andrea Dunbar (22 May 1961 – 20 December 1990) was an English playwright. She wrote The Arbor (1980) and Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1982), an autobiographical drama about the sexual adventures of teenage girls living in a run-down part of Bradford, West Yorkshire. She wrote most of the adaptation for the film Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987).

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from Telegraph & Argus , color
from Telegraph & Argus , monochrome
Dunbar, on the Buttershaw public housing estate, in the early 1980
Andrea Dunbar, facial scars from going through a glass window
Video
Lisa Holdsworth: bringing Andrea Dunbar's story back to Bradford British Theatre Guide via YouTube