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DAVID MERCER (1928 - 1980) |
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Nationality: British Email: n/a Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: Casarotto Ramsay and Associates Ltd |
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Plays by David Mercer |
After Haggerty | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1970 | |||||
Company: | RSC | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23920 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | agonies of two individuals whose dilemmas interlock, as man tries to escape his past with new home only to be confronted with the past of previous occupants | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Arcata Promise, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1982 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Huggy Bear and Other Plays", Eyre Methuen, London, 1977 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23921 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | televised 1974 | |||||
Synopsis: | centres around the attraction betwen an actor and an inexperienced girl and the destructive conclusion of such an attraction; Find Me returns to the theme of ideological conflict and Eastern Europe | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Belcher's Luck | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1966 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Calder & Boyers, London, 1967 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23922 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Blood On The Table | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1971 | ||||
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 | #23923 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Buried Man, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Manchester | 1962 | ||||
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 | #23924 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Climate Of Fear, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Collected T.V. Plays Vol.1" Calder & Boyers, London, 1981 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23925 | |||
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Genre: | T.V. Drama Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 20 | Female | 11 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Cousin Vladimir | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1978 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Eyre Methuen, London, 1978 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23926 | |||
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Genre: | Political Drama Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | marriage of convenience to aide defection from Soviet Union but second thoughts creep in | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Duck Song | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1974 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Eyre Methuen, London, 1974 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23927 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Duck Song was first produced in the dying days of the failing Heath government and the characters represent a society in decline as the younger characters attempt to find a solution through feminism or psychiatry, it presents "a world to which one cannot relate, which one cannot control, which one can't understand, and which one can't manipulate" | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Flint | ||
| 1st Produced: | Oxford | 1970 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23928 | |||
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Genre: | Humorous Drama Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | elderly Anglican vicar whose way of life which has long been the cause of scandal is transformed by a simple young Irish girl | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Folie a Deux | ||
| 1st Produced: | BBC 3 | 1974 | ||||
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 | #39754 | |||
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Genre: | Radio Play Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Gillian Reynolds reviewed it in The Guardian on 2 February 1974, saying that it was " a blackly humorous circular tale of lust, fire, death and religiosity. Michael Hordern was the 69-year-old Anglican vicar caught up with Kate Binchy's Rubenesque unmarried mother, for whom he leaves his wife, church and eventually, life itself, and who survives serene to tell the tale. Bold and bitter, shocking and sceptical, Alfred Bradley's production brought out the hard brilliance of the words and the exquisite construction of both the play and the performances. The hard shivering horror lay beneath the lines like a pike in a deep dark pool, and has stayed to haunt me since in many a wary internal echo." | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Governor's Lady The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Scarborough | 1965 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23929 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of "Home and Colonial" by the RSC; broadcast 1960 (published in "Stand", Necastle upon Tyne, Spring, 1962) | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Huggy Bear | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays: Two" Methuen, London, 1994 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23930 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | depicts Hooper, an infantile and philosophical dentist with a "failure to integrate". | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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In Two Minds | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1973 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "The Parachute with Two More TV Plays", Calder and Boyars, London, 1967 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23931 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | televised 1967 | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Let's Murder Vivaldi | ||
| 1st Produced: | King's Head Theatre, 115 Upper Street, Islington, London N1 1QN >>> | 1972 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "The Parachute with Two More TV Plays", Calder and Boyars, London, 1967 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23932 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Monster Of Karlovy Vary, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23933 | |||
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Genre: | Black Farce Farce | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | Fxtras | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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No Limits To Love | ||
| 1st Produced: | Warehouse, Covent Garden, London | 06 Oct 1980 | ||||
Company: | RSC | |||||
| 1st Published: | Eyre Methuen, London, 1981 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23934 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Further Reference: | RSC ref | |||||
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On The Eve Of Publication | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | On The Eve Of Publication And Other Plays, Metuen, london, 1970 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23935 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ride A Cock Horse | ||
| 1st Produced: | Nottingham | 1965 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Calder & Boyers, London, 1966 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23936 | |||
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Genre: | Modern Drama Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Shooting The Chandelier | ||
| 1st Produced: | BBC 2 | 1977 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Eyre Methuen, London, 1978 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23937 | |||
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Genre: | TV Play Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | in 1945 a Russian officer has to take over a country house provoking a confrontation with surviving inhabitants and fellow soldier | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Then And Now | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1979 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Eyre Methuen, London, 1979 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23938 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Where The Difference Begins | ||
| 1st Produced: | Leeds | 1966 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "The Generations - A Trilogy of plays" Calder & Boyers, London, 1964 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23939 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | aka A Death in the Family | |||||
Synopsis: | Its themes - father and son relationships, northern working-class values versus southern middle-class culture, alienation in society - were all to recur throughout Mercer's later work. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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White Poem | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1970 | ||||
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 | #23940 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A White Rhodesian Farmer sits on an almost empty stage, awaiting the black Zimbabwe rebels who are about to attack his farm. His wife has left for England. The play is one long, xenophobic, racist rant, interrupted only by verses of a WWI military song (Bless 'em all). Once his rant is over, a burst of automatic gunfire errupts onstage, and the spot on the former is extinguished. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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You And Me And Him | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "The Bankrupt And Other Plays" Methuen, London, 1974 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23941 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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