 Cover of the first UK edition | |
| Author | Alan Sillitoe |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Mona Moore |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | W. H. Allen Ltd |
Publication date | 1958 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
| Pages | 213 pp |
| OCLC | 1807352 |
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning is the first novel by British author Alan Sillitoe[1] and won the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award.
It was adapted by Sillitoe into the 1960 film of the same name starring Albert Finney, directed by Karel Reisz, and in 1964 was adapted by David Brett as a play for the Nottingham Playhouse, with Ian McKellen playing one of his first leading roles.[2]
Sillitoe later wrote three further parts to the Seatons' story, Key to the Door (1961), The Open Door (1989)[3] and Birthday (2001).[4]
- ^ "Alan Sillitoe". Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2007.
- ^ "SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING with Ian McKellen". www.mckellen.com. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ The Contemporary Review - Volume 254 - Page 213 1989 - Equally remarkable, though for different reasons, is Alan Sillitoe's new novel, The Open Door. It is the third and final volume of the Seaton trilogy, the other two being Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and Key to the Door. The scene is Nottingham, to which Brian Seaton returns after what should have been his demobilisation from Malaya in 1949: but the late discovery by army doctors that he has tuberculosis dashes his hopes of finding a new, exciting career in civilian life, based on ...
- ^ "Review: Birthday by Alan Sillitoe". TheGuardian.com. 30 March 2001.