Leslie Stewart (writer)
| Leslie Stewart |
| Birth name |
Leslie George Gannagé-Stewart |
| Born |
23 May 1949 (1949-05-23) (age 62) |
| Origin |
Benghazi, Libya |
Leslie Stewart (born 23 May 1949, Benghazi, Libya) is a British-based writer and director.
Background
Born Leslie George Gannagé-Stewart, he co-wrote the song "Mistletoe and Wine", which earned Cliff Richard the 1988 Christmas number one.[1] His television script writing work includes Monarch of the Glen, Holby City, Love Bytes, Down to Earth, Casualty, As If, Peak Practice, and the 1987 film, Two of Us,[2] for the BBC's Scene series.
In 1976, Stewart co-wrote his first musical, Shoot Up at Elbow Creek. He also wrote The Little Match Girl, based on Hans Christian Andersen's short story, for Richmond's Orange Tree Theatre, which contained the song "Mistletoe and Wine." HTV assisted in the production of the play for television in 1986.
Having worked extensively in music, writing for, among others, the jazz-rock outfit Swegas, Consortium and Cliff Richard, and producing artists including Jeff Baker, Stewart continues to work as a lyricist, currently with the American blues musician, Johnny Mars.
Stewart is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), the Writers' Guild of Great Britain, the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors and PRS for Music (formerly the Performing Rights Society).
Works
Stage work
- Shoot up at Elbow Creek (The Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond; Greenwich, London; etc.).
- The Little Match Girl (with Keith Strachan & Jeremy Paul; The Orange Tree, Richmond; Contact, Manchester; Reykjavík Opera House; European and Russian tours etc.), which transposed Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairytale to the world of alcohol abuse and child-prostitution. A song from the show, ‘Mistletoe and Wine’ won an Ivor Novello Award, was the best-selling single of 1988 and the third best-selling single of the 1980s.
- The Solidier (Ware Arts Centre/Various)
- Contributed to the London Revue City Delights (with Keith Strachan; Oxford Playhouse)
Film for television
- Three Minute Heroes (Play for Today BBC 1)
- The Amazing Miss Stella Estelle (Play for Today BBC 1)
- Space Station: Milton Keynes (Screen Two, BBC)
- Wide Games (Scene, BBC 2)
- Good Neighbours (Scene, BBC 2)
- Janna, Where Are You? (Scene, BBC 2)
- Q.P.R. Askey Is Dead (Scene, BBC 2)
- That Green Stuff (Scene, BBC 2)
- Two of Us (Scene, BBC 2)
- The Little Match Girl (HTV/Picture Base, Emmy Nomination)
- Boogie Outlaws (mini-series, BBC 2)
- Love Bytes, an anthology series, Nominated for Most Outstanding Drama Series – Silver Logie Award 2005, produced by Shine and Fox TV.
Other television work
Plays for radio
- The Key to My Father's House (BBC R4, The Monday Play, starring Ken Colley, Francesca Brill, Adam Hussein)
- Canada Park(BBC R4, The Monday Play, starring Harry Towb, James Coyle and Tom Rogers)
- Dancing Backwards (BBC R4, The Friday Play, starring Bill Nighy, Frances Barber, Sheridan Smith)
Screenplays
Directed
- Foot in the Door (Just Films/Anglia TV)
- Once Upon a Time (LSA/Eastern Arts)
- How Green is My Alley? (LSA)
- Filigree, a documentary (Just Films/BFI/Eastern Arts)
- That Green Stuff (Scene, BBC2)
- Space Station: Milton Keynes (Screen 2, BBC 2)
- Lola (BBC 1)
- She's Not There (BBC 1)
- Terry (BBC 1)
Publications
- Wide Games (Longmans)
- Good Neighbours (Longmans)
- Stewart, Leslie (1985), Three minute heroes, Act now., Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521318952
- Stewart, Leslie; Paul, Jeremy; Tarney, Alan; Spencer, Trevor (1988) (45 rpm), Mistletoe & wine (Muérdago y vino), Madrid editado por EMI-Odeón D.L, OCLC 431285025
- Stewart, Leslie (1989), Two of us, Arlington Books, ISBN 9780851407494
References
External links
| Persondata |
| Name |
Gannagé-Stewart, Leslie George |
| Alternative names |
Stewart, Leslie |
| Short description |
British-based writer and director |
| Date of birth |
23 May 1949 |
| Place of birth |
Benghazi, Libya |
| Date of death |
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| Place of death |
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