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Andrea Dunbar

Writing

Birth Date

May 22, 1961

Place of Birth

Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK

Date of Death

December 20, 1990

Biography

Andrea Dunbar (22 May 1961 – 20 December 1990) was an English playwright. She wrote The Arbor (1980) and Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1982), an autobiographical drama about the sexual adventures of teenage girls living in a run-down part of Bradford, West Yorkshire. She wrote most of the adaptation for the film Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987).

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