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Jimmy O'Connor (20 May 1918 – 29 September 2001) was a playwright for ''The Wednesday Play'' and ''Play for Today'' television series on the BBC. ==Early life== He was born James O'Connor in Paddington, west London, England in 1918. His father, James O'Connor, was a merchant marine and fish monger from Ireland; his mother a part-time prostitute.〔O'Connor, Jimmy (1976). The Eleventh Commandment. London: Penguin. pp. 191.〕 Growing up in the slums of West London, O'Connor learned the trade of petty theft.〔O'Connor, Jimmy (1976). The Eleventh Commandment. London: Penguin. pp. 191.〕 Doing the "honorable thing" he married Mary Agnes Davey, four years his senior, in the spring of 1936. She was Church of England, while he was Irish Catholic. Their son, James William O'Connor, was born on the 19th of September 1936. Mary O'Connor divorced her husband in 1946 after he attempted to have their son removed from her care and raised Catholic.〔 With the beginning of World War II, O'Connor enlisted and served with the British Expeditionary Forces in France. He was one of the few survivors of the sinking of the ship ''RMS Lancastria'' on 17 June 1941, and shared a life raft with Cunard Line Captain Harry Grattidge. After an honorable discharge, he went back to theft and was sentenced to six months in prison in late 1941.〔"Jimmy O'Connor". Telegraph.co.uk (2001-11-22). Retrieved on 2008-07-27.〕 When O'Connor was released in 1952, his son, not eager for a reunion went to sea, eventually served a few years on ''The Queen Mary'' under Capt. Grattidge. Grattidge later wrote about both O'Connor and his son (under the pseudonym "Terry"). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jimmy O'Connor (author)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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