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EARLY LIFE AND CAREER Irene Shubik was born in 1935 in Hampstead , London to a Russia n Jew ish father and a French mother.Ward, ''Out of the Unknown'', p. 9. When World War II broke out in 1939, she was Evacuated to Canada . She read English Literature at University College London , obtaining an MA in “The Use of English History in Drama from 1599-1642”.Shubik, ''Play for Today'', p. ix. Uninterested in a career in academia, she applied to join the BBC but was turned down. Unable to obtain work, she moved to the United States , visiting her brother, the Economist Martin Shubik , who was teaching at Princeton University . Meeting with little success in building a career in Princeton, when her brother was called before the Dean of the University for keeping a woman in his quarters, she moved to Wilmette , Chicago where her other brother, Cancer surgeon Philippe Shubik , was based. Wilmette was the home of Encyclopædia Britannica Films and, impressed by her MA thesis, they hired Shubik as a scriptwriter.Shubik, ''Play for Today'', p. x. Shubik was subsequently offered a twelve month contract with the National Film Board Of Canada but was unable to take up the position as both of her parents had become seriously ill.Shubik, ''Play for Today'', p. xii CAREER WITH ASSOCIATED BRITISH CORPORATION By 1960, now back in England, Shubik's career was back at square one. She contributed occasional scripts to documentary series such as Associated-Rediffusion 's '' This Week '' before securing employment at ABC Television .Vahimage, ''Irene Shubik (1935 - )''. At ABC, she worked as a Story Editor for producer Sydney Newman on the Anthology series '' Armchair Theatre '', overseeing such plays as “Where I Live” by Clive Exton , “ A Night Out ” by Harold Pinter and “After The Funeral” by Alun Owen . An enthusiast of Science Fiction , while working on ''Armchair Theatre'' she oversaw “Murder Club”, an adaptation of Robert Sheckley ’s novel ''Seventh Victim''. Its success enabled her to persuade Newman to develop a science fiction version of ''Armchair Theatre'' – this became '' Out Of This World '', a thirteen part anthology series, hosted by Boris Karloff , that aired between 30 June 1962 and 22 September 1962 . Many of the stories featured in ''Out of this World'' were adaptations of stories by science fiction authors including Isaac Asimov , Philip K. Dick and Clifford D. Simak . CAREER WITH THE BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION | ||||||||||||
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