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 VANESSA
ROSENTHAL
Writing History
2003-January Exchanges in Bialystok
for BBC Radio 4. Producer David Neville.Scotland.Pick of the week
Time Out and The Times. Pick of the day Guardian, Independent and
Financial Times. Chosen to represent the UK at this year’s European
Broadcasting Union’s Conference in Helsinki.
'Grief needs a place in which to weep says
76 year old Professor Sol on a pilgrimmage to the Polish town
where his family perished in the Holocaust in Vanessa Rosenthal's
moving drama'.
Fiona Sturges - The Mail |
2002 - April Bottle Blonde And Beautiful
TX April 16 2002 for BBC Radio 4 Producer PollyThomas, Manchester.
Pick of the day The Times, The Telegraph, The Independent.
'...the characters cover an emotional area
larger than you would expect in a 45 minute story'
Pascal Wyse- The Guardian.
' An involving drama of modern
fatherhood and everyday dreams, taut, convincing, set in a shabby
Northern hairdressers'
Vanora Bennett- The Times.
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2001 – April. Bye Bye Miss America
High for BBC Radio 4. Producer Melanie Harris. Manchester.
Fast track commission. Short listed for The Bafta Mental Health Drama
Award Oct 2001. Pick of the week. Pick of the day.
'Funny, angry and very recognisable. Watch
out for Vanessa Rosenthal she's a rising star'
Gillian Reynolds- The
Independent.
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2000 – Dec. No Ice in Weymouth
for one week for BBC Woman’s Hour. A recreation of the world
of Jane Austen based on her letters and other sources. Producer Peter
Leslie Wilde. Birminham. Pick of the week.
2000- Nov Founders Day for BBC
Radio 4. Producer PollyThomas. Manchester Pick of the week. Pick of
the day.
2000- July A Confirmed Bachelor
for BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial. An adaptation of Schnitzler’s
novella. Producer Peter Leslie Wild Birmingham
1999-Dec Seasons Greetings by Alan
Ayckbourn. A radio adaptation as a Christmas Special for BBC Radio
4. Producer Polly Thomas.Manchester
1999- Nov Germs Apart for BBC Radio
4. Producer Polly Thomas.Manchester. Pick of the week.
1999- July Out in The Dark for
BBC Radio 4. Producer Peter LeslieWild Birmingham. Pick of the week.
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1998 – June Divided Harvest
. Fast Track Commission for BBC Radio 4. Producer Nandita Ghose .Manchester
1998- May Jerusalem North West
for BBC Radio 4.Producer Nandita Ghose. Manchester. Pick of the week.
Pick of the day.
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'Beautifully
told with dialogue so carefully crafted that it carries with
it a sense of being overheard'
Peter Barnard- The Times.
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1986 – JUBILE. The Runner
Up for The Constable Trophy Fiction Prize. Development Grant from
Yorkshire Arts. Screenplay option considered by the late Mai Zetterling.
1980-1990- Write four novels which are commended by Constable’s,
Collins, and Heinemanns. Pat Barker, judge for the Constable Trophy,
makes introduction to her publishers,Virago. Work seen as emerging
voice of serious new writer.
Background
Vanessa Rosenthal is a very successful professional actor with many
years experience. Born and brought up in Manchester, she trained at
The Central School of Drama and has worked in theatres up and down
the country as well as in radio drama, film and television. Most recently
she appeared in Alan Bennett’s The Lady In The Van at The West
Yorkshire Playhouse and has just completed a National Tour of The
Importance Of Being Earnest in which she played Miss Prism. She is
married with two grown up daughters and lives in Leeds.
Contact details
Vanessa Rosenthal
250 Wetherby Rd
Leeds
LS 17 8 NE
0113 / 2286242
email-jandv@walsh.fsnet.co.uk
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