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Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood

198035mDocumentary

Overview

This 1980 Arena documentary profiles writer and performer Victoria Wood and teenage playwright Andrea Dunbar. Wood is seen, alongside Julie Walters, during rehearsals for Wood's stage play Good Fun at the Sheffield Crucible and the film explores her talent to amuse through her witty and engaging songs. The film also looks at Dunbar, as her first play, The Arbor, written when she was only 15, was running at the Royal Court.

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Cast

Julie Walters
as Self - Good Fun Cast Member

David Bamber
as The Arbor Cast Member (uncredited)

Victoria Wood
as Self (Good Fun Playwright)

Mia Soteriou
as The Arbor Cast Member (uncredited)

Jeff Rawle
as The Arbor Cast Member (uncredited)

Kathryn Pogson
as The Arbor Cast Member (uncredited)

Stephanie Fayerman
as The Arbor Cast Member (uncredited)

Annabel Leventon
as Good Fun Cast Member (uncredited)

Sue Wallace
as Good Fun Cast Member (uncredited)

Andrea Dunbar
as Self (The Arbor Playwright)

Max Stafford-Clark
as Self - Director of The Arbor