David Rayvern Allen

David Rayvern Allen
Born (1938-02-05)5 February 1938
Died 9 October 2014(2014-10-09) (aged 76)
Nationality British
Occupation Cricket writer and historian, radio producer, presenter and a speaker

David Rayvern Allen (5 February 1938 – 9 October 2014)[1] was a cricket writer and historian, as well as a radio producer and presenter, a speaker and a musician.[2][3][4] His radio productions won awards including the 1991 Prix Italia for Who Pays the Piper, a collaboration with Richard Stilgoe.[5] He died aged 76 in 2014.[6]

Works

Radio

With Richard Stilgoe

  • Used Notes[8]
  • Music on the Brain[8]
  • The Singing Wheelchair[8]
  • Hamburger Weekend (1984)[8]
  • Who Pays the Piper (1991)[8][9]
  • A Song for Cricket (1981) ISBN 978-0720712872
  • The "Punch" Book of Cricket (1985) ISBN 978-0246123848
  • Cricket on the Air: A Selection from Fifty Years of Radio Broadcasts (1985) BBC Books ISBN 978-0563203438
  • Arlott on Wine (1987) ISBN 978-0006370611 (with John Arlott)
  • Sir Aubrey: A Biography of C. Aubrey Smith - England Cricketer, West End Actor, Hollywood Film Star (1st 1982), J. W. McKenzie , (2nd 1987), ISBN 978-0947821197;[10] augmented edition: limited to 150 (2005),[11] 2010: ISBN 0947821198[12]
  • The Guinness Book of Cricket Extras (1988) (with Honor Head), Guinness Publishing ISBN 978-0851124858
  • Arlott: The Authorised Biography (2004) ISBN 978-1845130022
  • Jim: The Life of E. W. Swanton (2004) ISBN 978-1854109002
  • The Second Lord's Cricket Ground: Home of MCC, 1811-1813 (2006) MCC[13]
  • Songs of Cricket (2011) mentor for this Signum CD by cantabile - the London Quartet with guests Rory Bremner, Tim Rice, Richard Stilgoe, Alex L'Estrange, Eliza Lumley and Chris Hatt

Other

  • Punches on the Page: A Boxing Anthology (1998) ISBN 978-1851589876
  • Living with London (2012) Methuen ISBN 978-0413777393 (with Nick Botting)

References

  1. ↑ Michael Down "David Rayvern Allen obituary", The Guardian, 26 October 2014
  2. ↑ "English-Speaking Union Hosts Lecture" ENCToday.com March 20, 2007
  3. ↑ "Book of the Year 2011 Winner Announced" Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine. The Cricket Society
  4. ↑ "Eleven Lords a-batting"
  5. ↑ Prix Italia winners 1949-2010 Archived 2013-10-22 at the Wayback Machine. RAI
  6. ↑ "Cricket historian Rayvern Allen dies". 13 October 2014.
  7. ↑ Staff writer (5 December 1996). "Who Could Ask for Anything More? BBC Radio 2, 7 December 1996 19.30". Radio Times (3802). p. 122. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Richard Stilgoe website
  9. ↑ Who Pays the Piper BBC Radio 2 listings 1991
  10. ↑ Allen, David Rayvern (1987). Sir Aubrey: A Biography of C. Aubrey Smith - England Cricketer, West End Actor, Hollywood Film Star [Illustrated] [Paperback]. ISBN 978-0947821197. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  11. ↑ Sir Aubrey. 2005.
  12. ↑ Sir Aubrey. 2010. ISBN 0947821198. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  13. ↑ MCC Publications Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine.
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