Portrait of Andrea Dunbar

Andrea Dunbar

Writing

Biography

Andrea Dunbar (22 May 1961 – 20 December 1990) was an English playwright. She wrote The Arbor (1980) and Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1982), an autobiographical drama about the sexual adventures of teenage girls living in a run-down part of Bradford, West Yorkshire. She wrote most of the adaptation for the film Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987).

Born: May 22, 1961

Place of Birth: Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK

Filmography

2010
The Arbor

as Self (archive footage)

1980
Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood

as Self (The Arbor Playwright)