David Wood (actor)
Wood was born on 21 February 1944 in Sutton, Surrey. He was educated at Chichester High School for Boys and Worcester College, Oxford. Along with John Gould, he founded the Whirligig Theatre, a touring children's theatre company. His most famous story, "The Gingerbread Man" (1976), has been all across the world since its premiere at the Towngate Theatre in Basildon. Wood, FilmFair, and Central adapted the musical into an animated children's television series. The adaptation, also called "The Gingerbread Man", aired on ITV in 1992. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours List, for his services to literature and drama. Among his film roles are Johnny in Lindsay Anderson's "If..." (1968) and Thompson in "Aces High" (1976). He appeared as the character Bingo Little in the original London cast of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alan Ayckbourn musical "Jeeves" in 1975. He wrote the screenplay for the 1974 adaptation of Arthur Ransome's "Swallows and Amazons", released by Anglo EMI. "(incomplete list)"
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Adaptations of Roald Dahl's books for children:




Other adaptations of English authors of children's literature:





Adaptations of adult literature:
Stage work
"The Times" called him "the National Children's Dramatist".