Lindsay Anderson(1923-1994)

Lindsay was born in Bangalore, India, but educated in England at Cheltenham College and Wadham College, Oxford, where he was a classical scholar. He then spent three years wartime service in the Kings Royal Rifle Corps. His career in the theatre started at the Royal Court in the late 1950's, where he was responsible for the premiere productions of The Long and the Short and the Tall, Sergeant Musgrave's Dance, Billy Liar and The Bed Before Yesterday. His collaboration with David Storey began with the film This Sporting Life, followed by the plays In Celebration, Home, The Changing Room, Early Days and his last, in 1992, Stages. He also contributed to the Times, Observer and New Statesman newspapers. Many of these pieces were collected and put into book form in 'Never Apologise'.