David Mercer

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David Mercer (born: 27 June 1928, Wakefield, England – died: 8 August 1980, Haifa, Israel) was an English playwright and dramatist. After working as a technician and in the Royal Navy he wrote plays that studied decline in British culture which became well known in the 1960s, including After Haggerty (1970) and A Suitable Case for Treatment (television, 1962) which was re-made as a film in 1966 called Morgan!. Much of his early 1960s television work for the BBC was made in collaboration with the director Don Taylor.

[edit] Works

• Where the difference begins (1961)
• 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

• Biography
• TV Cream on Mercer's 1960s television work
• IMDB entry