a discussion on "The Writer and Revolution" with the World Socialist Web Site's arts editor David Walsh at the University of Manchester. In 2009 he completed the play A New World: A Life of Thomas Paine. He participated in the Bush Theatre's 2011 project Sixty-Six Books, for which he wrote a piece based on a book of the King James Bible. References External links Trevor Griffiths website Trevor Griffiths, BFI Screenonline "Trevor Griffiths", British Council Video: “The Writer and Revolution” Part 1 Ann Talbot, "Trevor Griffiths' These are the Times: a Life of Thomas Paine", World Socialist Web Site, 21 February 2008. 1935 births Living people Alumni of the Victoria University of Manchester English dramatists and playwrights English socialists English male dramatists and playwrights People from Ancoats People educated at St Bede's College, Manchester 20th-century English male writers 21st-century English male writers