What former teacher's play premiered in 1985 at the Phoenix Theatre?
Alan Bleasdale Alan Bleasdale (born 23 March 1946) is an English screenwriter, best known for social realist drama serials based on the lives of ordinary people. A former teacher, he has written for radio, stage and screen, and has also written novels.
William Atkinson (teacher) Sir William Atkinson (born 9 April 1950) is a head teacher who 'turned around' Phoenix High School, a secondary school near White City. He also contributed to Channel 4's "The Unteachables", and was the inspiration behind Lenny Henry's character in the 1999 BBC TV series "Hope and Glory". He is a graduate of King's College London (MA, 1980)