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Terence Davies Screenplays, Volume I

Autobiography and Biography

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This collection of Terence Davies's screenplays brings together his powerful autobiographical work, from the films that comprise The Terence Davies Trilogy (1983) to his 2008 poetic documentary Of Time and the City of 2008, and his biopics of the poets Emily Dickinson and Siegfried Sassoon. The screenplays are supported by new critical introductions and by film stills and previously unpublished material from Terence Davies's personal archive.

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Acknowledgments

Foreword by Ben Roberts, Chief Executive, British Film Institute, London, UK
Introduction by Lillian Crawford, film critic, London, UK

The Screenplays:
1) Autobiography:

1. The Terence Davies Trilogy (1983)
2. Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
3. The Long Day Closes (1992)
4. Of Time and the City (2008)




2) The Poets:


1. A Quiet Passion (2016) (Emily Dickinson)
2. Benediction (2021) (Siegfried Sassoon)


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Product details

Published 11 Dec 2025
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Pages 512
ISBN 9781350559462
Imprint British Film Institute
Illustrations 40 bw illus
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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