He was awarded the 1981 Critics Circle Theatre Awards (Drama Theatre
Award) for Most Promising New Playwright of 1980 for
Outskirts/Borderline.
Studied Philosophy at the University of London.
Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 49th Venice International Film Festival in 1992.
He was awarded the C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2008 Queen's New Years Honors List for his services to literature and drama.