David Mercer

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David Mercer (27 June 1928, Wakefield, England – 8 August 1980, Haifa, Israel) was an English playwright and dramatist. After working as a technician and in the Royal Navy he attended Kings College, Newcastle (which then awarded degrees validated by the Durham University) and graduated in 1953.

David Mercer wrote plays that studied decline in British culture which became well known in the 1960s, including Morgan, A Suitable Case for Treatment (television, 1962) which was re-made as a film in 1966 called Morgan! and After Haggerty (1970). Much of his early 1960s television work for the BBC was made in collaboration with the director Don Taylor. He is depicted as Malcolm Sloman in Trevor Griffiths' 1973 play The Party.

[edit] Works

• Where the Difference Begins (1961)
• Morgan, A Suitable Case for Treatment (1962)
• The Governor's Lady
• And Did Those Feet (1965)
• In Two Minds (1967)
• Let's Murder Vivaldi (1968)
• The Parachute (1968)
• On the Eve of Publication
• The Cellar and the Almond Tree
• Emma's Time
• After Haggerty (1970) - Mercer's first major stage success
• Flint (1970)
• The Bankrupt
• Afternoon at the Festival
• Duck Song
• The Arcata Promise
• Find Me
• Huggy Bear

[edit] External links

• Museum of Broadcast Communications - page on David Mercer
• Biography
• TV Cream on Mercer's 1960s television work
• David Mercer at the Internet Movie Database