Charles Wood (born 6 August 1932, St. Peter Port, Guernsey) is a playwright and scriptwriter for radio, television, and film. He lives in England.
His work has been staged at the Royal National Theatre as well as at the Royal Court Theatre and in the theatres of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1984.
Wood served in the 17th/21st Lancers; military themes are found in many of his works.
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Charles Wood (born 6 August 1932, St. Peter Port, Guernsey) is a playwright and scriptwriter for radio, television, and film. He lives in England.
His work has been staged at the Royal National Theatre as well as at the Royal Court Theatre and in the theatres of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1984.
Wood served in the 17th/21st Lancers; military themes are found in many of his works.
Though he was born in Guernsey - his parents were actors in a repertory company playing in Guernsey at the time - he left the island with his parents when he was still only an infant. His parents worked as actors in repertory and fit-ups mainly in the north of England and Wales and had no fixed place of abode. His education was, until the outbreak of the Second World War, sporadic. The family settled in Chesterfield, Derbyshire in 1939. The first house they rented was 1 Cromwell Road and the second was 20 Abercrombie Street. He attended St Mary...
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