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Book Writer 1924–1998

Cyril Wolf Mankowitz (7 November 1924 – 20 May 1998) was an English writer, playwright and screenwriter. He is particularly known for four novels— Make Me an Offer (1952), A Kid for Two Farthings (1953), My Old Man's a Dustman and Expresso Bongo (1958) — and other plays, historical studies, and the screenplays for many successful films which have received awards, including the Oscar, Bafta and the Cannes Grand Prix.

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Pickwick

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  • The incident was the anticlimax of a promising venture involving a musical version of Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers. Wolf Mankowitz, one of England's more prolific, versatile, and successful writers, had sifted a workable string of incidents out of the prolix original. There was music by Cyril Ornadel, well known in London, if not…ebooks/Suskin, Steven/B001T4YWBO EBOK - Steven Suskin.txt
  • The piece was compiled by four writers who would go on to have substantial careers in the genre. The book was based on his original story by Wolf Mankowitz, and Julian More, the music by David Heneker and Monty Norman. Permutations of this collaboration, often involving other writers, carried through to the mid-1980s. One wonders what sor…ebooks/Wright, Adrian/Tanner's Worth of Tune_ Rediscovering the post-war British Musical, A - Adrian Wright.txt
  • Following the 1965 opening of Passion Flower Hotel its book writer Wolf Mankowitz stated thatebooks/Wright, Adrian/Tanner's Worth of Tune_ Rediscovering the post-war British Musical, A - Adrian Wright.txt
  • Wolf Mankowitz may fairly plead that the story was translated into music hall terms at the time it took place, and that Crippen and his ménage have always excited sympathy, as well as an indulgent smile, along with sober reactions […] the words ‘Bad Taste’ are usually shouted by people who are afraid of anything out of the common rut, or…ebooks/Wright, Adrian/Tanner's Worth of Tune_ Rediscovering the post-war British Musical, A - Adrian Wright.txt
  • Belle, or The Ballad of Dr Crippen Music and lyrics by Monty Norman; book by Wolf Mankowitz. Strand Theatre, 4 May 1961. PC: George Benson, Jerry Desmonde, Davy Kaye, Rose Hill, Virginia Vernon, Nicolette Roeg. MN: The Ballad of Dr Crippen [recurring]; Fifty Years Ago; Mister Lasherwood and Mighty Mick; Bird of Paradise; Meet Me at the St…ebooks/Wright, Adrian/Tanner's Worth of Tune_ Rediscovering the post-war British Musical, A - Adrian Wright.txt
  • Expresso Bongo Music by David Heneker and Monty Norman; lyrics by Julian More, Monty Norman and David Heneker; book by Wolf Mankowitz and Julian More. Saville Theatre, 23 April 1958. PC: Paul Scofield, Millicent Martin, Hy Hazell, James Kenney, Meier Tzelniker. MN: Don’t You Sell Me Down the River; Expresso Party; Nausea; Spoil the Child;…ebooks/Wright, Adrian/Tanner's Worth of Tune_ Rediscovering the post-war British Musical, A - Adrian Wright.txt

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