Barry Collins was born in 1941 in Halifax, West Yorkshire – where he still lives.
For seven years he worked as a journalist before turning playwright in 1971.

Theatre
ATONEMENT (The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith) 1987

THE ICE CHIMNEY (The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith) 1980

TOADS (Nottingham Playhouse) 1979

THE STRONGEST MAN IN THE WORLD (Nottingham Playhouse) 1978

JUDGEMENT (Theatre Royal, Bristol) 1974

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Leeds Playhouse) 1973

AND WAS JERUSALEM BUILDED HERE? ( Leeds Playhouse) 1972

Radio
KING CANUTE (BBC and BBC World Service)
This won the Giles Cooper Award in 1985

Television
LOVEBIRDS 1988

LAND 1987

NADA 1985

THE WITCHES OF PENDLE (BBC) 1975

THE LONELY MAN’S LOVER (BBC) 1974