My friend Brian Phelan, who has died aged 90, was an actor turned playwright whose work was performed on television and on stage between the mid-1970s and early-2000s. Over that period he produced works such as Woman's Estate (1974) and Holding On (1977), both for LWT; The Russian Soldier (1986), directed by Gavin Millar for the BBC; Murphy's Stroke (Thames Television, 1980); Knockback (1987 for the BBC) and Coded Ho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AM on May 31, 2024