Trevor Griffiths

Trevor Griffiths (born 4 April 1935 in Ancoats, Manchester) is an English dramatist. Raised as a Catholic, he attended the local Catholic school before being accepted into Manchester University in 1952 to read English. After a brief involvement with professional football and a year in National Service, he became a teacher. He soon became chairman of the Manchester Left Club, and the editor of the Labour Party's Northern Voice newspaper. Gradually... more

Trevor Griffiths (born 4 April 1935 in Ancoats, Manchester) is an English dramatist. Raised as a Catholic, he attended the local Catholic school before being accepted into Manchester University in 1952 to read English. After a brief involvement with professional football and a year in National Service, he became a teacher. He soon became chairman of the Manchester Left Club, and the editor of the Labour Party's Northern Voice newspaper. Gradually he tired of political journalism, began writing plays, and was eventually commissioned by Tony Garnett to provide a script for The Wednesday Play (BBC, 1964-70). The play, "The Love Maniac", was about a teacher, but even though Garnett took the commission with him when he moved to London Weekend Television and formed Kestrel Productions, it was never produced. Buoyed by Garnett's enthusiasm and influenced by the Paris evenements of May 1968, he wrote Occupations, a stage play about Gramsci and the Fiat factory occupations of 1920s Italy. The... less