1. Andrea Dunbar wrote most of the adaptation for the film Rita, Sue and Bob Too.
12 Facts About Andrea Dunbar
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Andrea Dunbar asked if she'd like to join his class.
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Andrea Dunbar began her first play, The Arbor, in 1977 at the age of 15, writing it as a classroom assignment for CSE English, "in green biro on pages torn from a school exercise book".
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At the age of 18, Andrea Dunbar was the youngest playwright to have her work performed there.
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Andrea Dunbar was quickly commissioned to write a follow-up play, Rita, Sue and Bob Too, first performed in 1982, with Tracey Ullman.
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The film version of Rita, Sue and Bob Too was adapted for the cinema by Andrea Dunbar, directed by Alan Clarke and filmed on the Buttershaw estate.
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Andrea Dunbar disowned the film when more writers were brought in to give it a happier ending.
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Andrea Dunbar was threatened by several residents, but nevertheless continued to live there.
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Andrea Dunbar first became pregnant at the age of 15; the baby was stillborn at six months.
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Andrea Dunbar later had three children by three different fathers.
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The first, Lorraine Andrea Dunbar, was born in 1979, and had a Pakistani father.
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Andrea Dunbar's cremated remains were buried at Scholemoor Cemetery and Crematorium in Bradford.