"There’s a warmth in Bill’s writing but there’s also a darkness"
9:00am Thursday 13th May 2010
AS the centenary of Bill Naughton’s birth draws nearer, one of the highlights of the celebrations is the Octagon theatre’s revival of Rafta Rafta, Ayub Khan-Din’s reworking of the classic All In Good Time. Kat Dibbits talks to the playwright to find out just what he thinks is so special about Naughton and his work.
Archive offers unique insight into Naughton's work
9:00am Thursday 13th May 2010
FROM annotated drafts of the scripts for Alfie and Spring and Port Wine to a series of imposing looking metal boxes containing his diaries, painted with the grand title W.J.Naughton and strictly not to be opened until 2015, the Bill Naughton archive at Bolton Museum is a treasure-trove for Naughton enthusiasts.
Who was Bill Naughton?
9:00am Thursday 13th May 2010
BILL Naughton was born William John Francis Naughton in the Irish town of Ballyhaunis in 1910.
Thacker excited about Naughton celebrations
9:00am Thursday 13th May 2010
SEVERAL Bill Naughton plays were turned into films, and one of the best-loved of those is unusual in that the writer set it not in his beloved Lancashire but in swinging London.
Rare Naughton play makes up part of Little Theatre festival
9:00am Thursday 13th May 2010
THE play that inspired Coronation Street will have a rare showing as part of Bolton Little Theatre’s celebratory Bill Naughton festival from June 12 to 19.
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