Jack Rosenthal was an English playwright and screenwriter. He wrote extensively for television, including early episodes of Coronation Street and many original television plays.
Jack Rosenthal
By Jack Rosenthal: An Autobiography in Six Acts
Robson Books, 2005.
EXT FOOTBALL PITCH - REGENT'S PARK - LONDON - DAY - 1984
It's Sunday morning. A gaggle of ten sleepy, slightly bored boys and one girl, all in white shirts and black shorts, take the field. They include David Shindler and Adam Rosenthal. These are the Little Londoners, playing in a local junior league. Although, to David's dad and Adam's dad, they're not. They're the England team playing in the World Cup Final, possibly in Brazil.
The two dads are their embarrassingly fanatical coaches. Jack is the more embarrassing of the two. While the Little Londoners saunter about the pitch, dreaming of their half-time oranges, their coaches harangue them with vein-bulging screams from the touchline...The Little Londoners win the league and the Cup Final, without much caring. Their coaches, however, punch the air in ecstatic triumph -
COLIN AND JACK: Yes!
The author had written over 150 screenplays for TV and feature films before deciding that this would be the best form for his autobiography.