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[edit] OBE

There is a link to OBE next to his name and it goes to a disambiguation page. I don't know what it is supposed to mean, so I was hoping someone else would clear it up.--Andland 23:52, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Officer of the British Empire - he's not knighted but has received official recognition. This page, and many of the pages about his movies, read like essays instead of encyclopedia articles. More opinion than facts. Could use objective fleshing out of bio & filmography. This should eventually filter over to all articles about movies, plays, actors, other associates. davidlark

[edit] This article needs serious work

I tried to start editing this article but stopped after my 15th change. I realized that this needs a complete re-write. The text is both fawning and unreferenced. It does not even attempt an encyclopedic-style treatment of the subject. Can someone with more knowledge than me on the subject please consider a complete re-write? Thanks, Hu Gadarn 20:50, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi, not only is it fawning and non-encyclopedic, much of it looks like a copyright violation "cut-and-paste" from a newspaper or magazine article. Anyway, this is one of the bizarre aspects of Wikipedia; there are huge 50 page articles on the most obscure Animé series or fantasy role playing game characters, and lengthy articles about very non-notable garage bands whose big claim to fame is an article in the local university paper...and then you have a major British playright, theatre and film director, and his Wikipedia article is a short, shambling mess!!! I'm being a bit ironic...of course the articles that Wikipedia editors work on reflects their interests, and there is more interest in popular culture articles on celebrity singers, comic books, etc....Nazamo (talk) 15:40, 29 January 2008 (UTC)