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Public schoolboys are not merely conservatives, they are by nature totalitarian reactionaries.
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Birth: | 16th September, 1938 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Novelist, Theatre director |
David Benedictus was born in London, England. He is an English novelist and theatre director. His most recent work is the Winnie-the-Pooh novel Return to the Hundred Acre Wood. His first novel The Fourth of June was a best seller and he adapted it for the London stage. His second novel, You're a Big Boy Now, was made into a 1966 feature film directed by Francis Ford Coppola. He was educated at Eton College, Oxford and the University of Iowa. He has worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company as an assistant director, for the BBC on numerous occasions, and as a commissioning editor for drama series at Channel 4.
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