The Arbor

The Arbor

The Arbor

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2010

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91 min

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Drama

Documentary

Overview

The lives of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar and Lorraine, one of her daughters, and the community of Bradford, in the 30 years since the 18-year-old Andrea penned a play about growing up in the community titled "The Arbor".

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Keywords

prison

autobiography

interracial relationship

domestic abuse

playwright

drugs

woman director

mixed race child

bradford

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Cast

Christine Bottomley

Christine Bottomley

Lisa Thompson

Manjinder Virk

Manjinder Virk

Lorraine Dunbar

Natalie Gavin

Natalie Gavin

The Girl

George Costigan

George Costigan

Jimmy 'The Wig'

Monica Dolan

Monica Dolan

Ann Hamilton

Neil Dudgeon

Neil Dudgeon

Steve Saul

Jimi Mistry

Jimi Mistry

Yousaf

Robert Emms

Robert Emms

Young David

Kate Rutter

Kate Rutter

The Mother

Danny Webb

Danny Webb

Max Stafford-Clark / The Father

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@Geronimo1967

January 16, 2026

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7/10

Using a combination on documentary style film making and some more theatrical re-enactments, this takes a candid approach to it’s telling of the story of troubled playwright Andrea Dunbar - probably most famous for her “Rita, Sue and Bob Too”. The arbor in question is a street on the 1950s Buttersha…

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