The White Bus

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The White Bus is a 1967 film by British director Lindsay Anderson. The screenplay was jointly adapted[1] with Shelagh Delaney from a short story in her 1963 collection Sweetly Sings the Donkey.[2].

It was originally commissioned by producer Oscar Lewenstein as one third of a feature comprising three short films based on Delaney stories that would also have included contributions from Anderson's Free cinema collaborators Tony Richardson and Karel Reisz.[3].

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  1. ^ Hedling, E: "Lindsay Anderson: Maverick Film-Maker", page 62. Cassell, 1998
  2. ^ Delaney,S: "Sweetly Sings the Donkey", GP Putnam's Sons, New York, 1963
  3. ^ Anderson, L; Ryan, P(ed): "Never Apologise: The Collected Writings", page 105. Plexus, 2004.

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