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CHARLES DYER (1928 - ) |
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Nationality: British Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Eric Glass Ltd |
Veteran playwright Charles Dyer learned his craft as an actor, his first London appearance being in 1948 when he took over as Duke in Worms Eye View at the Whitehall Theatre. His first play Who On Earth reached London at the old Q Theatre in 1951, and ever since those early times, most Countries of the World have hosted his works. The eminent American Walter Winchell wrote of Dyers Profound thoughts and emotions expressed with humour. . . People in the shadows discovering sunshine in each other. Sir Harold Hobson (Sunday Times) coined the phrase The Lonely Trilogy to include Rattle (Garrick Theatre 1962-3) and Staircase (RSC 1966-67), plays which have been in constant production throughout the years. Ofthe middle duologue, Hobson wrote: In Mother Adam Dyer has written one of the few real tragedies of our time. .., . . . It is more disturbing; it has deeper resonances; it is more beautifully written, with an imagination at once exotic and desperately familiar; it has a profounder pity, and a more exquisite falling Close. Charles is married to actress Fiona Thomson.
Plays by Charles Dyer
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Second Playbill Three" published by Hutchinson 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #138317 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | The fluctuating relationships of three teenagers who only have one thing in common - their hatred of school | |||||
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Clubs Are Sometimes Trumps | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1948 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #101619 | |||
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Notes: | as C Raymond Dyer | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Futility Rites | ||
| 1st Produced: | Germany | 1980 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10457 | |||
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Gorillas Drink Milk | ||
| 1st Produced: | Coventry | 1964 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10458 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - John Murphy | |||||
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Hot Godly Wind, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Manchester | 1975 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Second Playbill 2" Hutchinson, London, 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10459 | |||
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Genre: | Modern Morality | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
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Jovial Parasite | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1954 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #101620 | |||
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Notes: | as C Raymond Dyer | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lovers Dancing | ||
| 1st Produced: | Albery Theatre, London | 1983 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Amber Lane Press, Oxford, 1984 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0806399521 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10460 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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| four people meet after drunkenly sharing a bed nineteen years previously, the resultant son's paternity was decided by a toss of a coin | |||||
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Mother Adam | ||
| 1st Produced: | York | 1971 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Davis Poynter, London, 1972 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10461 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | Arts, London 30 Nov 1971 | |||||
| Adam's mother is paralysed and he must look after her. He longs to get away from her and marry but deep down he knows that he will never escape. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Poison In Jest | ||
| 1st Produced: | Oxford | 1957 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10462 | |||
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Notes: | as C. Raymond Dyer | |||||
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Prelude To Fury | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1959 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10463 | |||
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Notes: | as C. Raymond Dyer | |||||
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Rattle Of A Simple Man | ||
| 1st Produced: | Nottingham | 1962 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1963 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10464 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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| a bet to spend the night with a prostitute shows how loneliness can drive people to opposite extremes | |||||
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Red Cabbage And Kings | ||
| 1st Produced: | Southsea, Hampshire | 1960 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10465 | |||
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Notes: | as R. Kraselchik | |||||
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Single Ticket To Mars | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1955 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in Red Plush and Trombones: The Lonely Trilogy, Oberon Books (2011) >>> | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #101621 | |||
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Notes: | as C Raymond Dyer | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Staircase | ||
| 1st Produced: | Brighton | 1966 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Penguin, London, 1966 | ISBN/ASIN: | B000OH6PQ2 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10466 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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| A Brixton barber's shop shows the mutual dependence of two middle aged homo sexuals, but was it all in the imagination? | |||||
Further Reference: | National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - Dep.256/Box 16/11 | |||||
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Time, Murderer, Please | ||
| 1st Produced: | Portsmouth | 1956 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | English Theatre Guild, London, 1962 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10467 | |||
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Genre: | Thriller | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 | ||
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Notes: | as C. Raymond Dyer | |||||
Synopsis: | Saloon bar of a hotel in Hornsey, London; "surely he didn't arrest him for whistling in church?" | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Turtle In The Soup | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1953 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #101622 | |||
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Notes: | as C Raymond Dyer | |||||
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Wanted - One Body! | ||
| 1st Produced: | Kings Theatre, Southsea | 1956 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | English Theatre Guild, London, 1961 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10468 | |||
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Genre: | Farcical Chiller | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | as C. Raymond Dyer | |||||
Synopsis: | Old Mr Barraclough is dead leaving a vast fortune to be split between his stepdaughters and his staff, however his body has been stolen, then both step daughters die iin mysterious circumstances. Everyone has a reason for wanting them dead due to the sisters habit of bribery and blackmail, but who did it? The aggressive chauffeur? The victimised secretary? The dippy maid? The insane undertaker? Or the deaf and blind Doctor? Its a ripping good yarn full of sliding panels and trap doors with half the cast immersed in the thriller and the other half running riot. | |||||
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Who On Earth? | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1951 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #101623 | |||
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