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Donald Bisset
Donald Bisset
Donald Harold Bisset is a modern English children's writer. He was born on August, 30th (3), 1910 (11) in Brentford, Middlesex, England, in a family of clothes designer. He studied in Warehousemen, Clerks and Drapers School, Addington, Surrey. During the Second World War he served as lieutenant of artillery. He married in 1946, later divorced, had one son.
Film actor
He was a film actor and He was a film actor and
appeared in appeared in 5757 films films and and
TV serials. He played TV serials. He played his his
first role in “Go round” first role in “Go round” in in
1949. His last role was 1949. His last role was Mr. Mr.
Grimm in TV serial Grimm in TV serial “The “The
Bill” in 1991.Bill” in 1991.
Agatha Christie’s Poirot: the Dream (1989) – MayorThe Hound of the Baskervilles (1988) – ManservantLittle Dorrit 1. Nobody’s Fault (1987)
Bisset in TheatreBisset in Theatre
Bisset played in Royal Bisset played in Royal
Shakespearean Theatre Shakespearean Theatre and and
National Theater. Also he National Theater. Also he
was an inventive theatrical was an inventive theatrical
director, he himself staged director, he himself staged
his fairy tales in the Royal his fairy tales in the Royal
Shakespeare Theater in Shakespeare Theater in
Stratford-upon-Avon and Stratford-upon-Avon and even even
played a dozen of small played a dozen of small roles.roles.
AutobiographyAbout himself Bisset wrote «... I live in London... Grey-haired, dark blue eyes, 5,9 feet tall. In theater since 1933. I started to tell fairy tales for children in 1953 on television.... My greatest desire is to publish one of my children's books with my own color illustrations... My favourite children's books are «Wind in willows"," Winnie the Pooh "," Alice in Wonderland ». And also national fairy tales about giants and witches.” This autobiography Bisset wrote in 1967.
WriterBisset created a world of Bisset created a world of short fairy tales for short fairy tales for children. Among them children. Among them
are are ““The Forgotten The Forgotten
Birthday”Birthday”““Little Bear’s Pony”Little Bear’s Pony”““Talks with a Tiger”Talks with a Tiger”““Upside Down Land”Upside Down Land”““Yak and the Ice Cream”Yak and the Ice Cream”Some of them are Some of them are translated into Russian.translated into Russian.
A Forgotten Birthday
Characters
Donald Bisset created a new animal and called him “Crococat” because its two halves were from a cat and a crocodile. But his favourite character was Tiger Rrr with whom Donald Bisset likes to travel down the river Time till the end of the Rainbow.
Cartoons
Some of his stories were screened and even children in our country (who don’t speak English yet) can watch them. One of the most popular Russian cartoons is about “ A Little
Bus Who was Afraid of the Darkness” and “Tiger
Tinkie Who Lost his Stripes”
“ A Little Bus Who Was Afraid of the Darkness”
Illustrator
Donald Bisset didn’t only
write his tales but perfectly
illustrated them. His pictures are vivid,
colourful and clear for his
readers. The first mice on the
Moon.
InterviewWhen Donald Bisset was asked, why he became a writer, he answered: “ Because the grass is green and trees grow. Because I hear the thunder s
and the rain. Because I love children and animals. I take my hat off before a ladybird. I like cats and to ride a horse... And also to write fairy tales, to play in the theater, to draw... When you love all these things, then you are rich. He can't be happy who loves nothing,»
Visit to Russia
Donald Bisset visited Moscow twice. He appeared on television, and visited a kindergarten where he even composed a fairytale «I do what I want» together with children. In our country Bisset’s tales appeared in 1963. They
were translated into Russian by
Natalia Viktorovna Shereshevskaya
Uncle Tick-tock’s Journey
Resourses:www.donald-bysset.com
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