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William John Francis Naughton (12 June 1910 – 9 January 1992) was an Irish -born British playwright and author, best known for his play Alfie. [1] Early life. Born into relative poverty in Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, Ireland, he moved to Bolton, Lancashire, England, in 1914 as a child. [2] .
Jun 8, 2024 · Bill Naughton was an Irish-born British playwright who is best remembered for a series of working-class comedies he wrote in the 1960s, most notably Alfie (1963; filmed 1966), an episodic, unsentimental tale of an egocentric Cockney womanizer.
Alfie is a 1963 stage play written by Bill Naughton. Developed from a radio drama, the original London production starred John Neville, and the Broadway transfer starred Terence Stamp. The play recounts the life of a working-class London ladies man, Alfie Elkins, and the many women who pass through his life.
William John Francis Naughton (1910-1992) was a popular ‘working class’ author and playwright who was born in Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, Ireland in June 1910 and died in early January 1992 in Ballasalla, Isle of Man.
Jan 11, 1992 · Bill Naughton, who drew a memorable portrait of a woman-chasing Cockney in his 1964 play "Alfie," died on Thursday at his home on the Isle of Man. He was 81 years old. His...
Although he is primarily remembered as an English writer, Bill Naughton’s (1910–1992) Catholic Irish upbringing forms an important part of his literary sensibility. Naughton was born in Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, to impoverished parents who emigrated to Bolton in 1914.
Jun 1, 2013 · Bill Naughton was born into relative poverty in County Mayo, Ireland, in 1910, and moved to Bolton, Lancashire, where he worked as a lorry driver and a weaver.
