Composers and their stage works 



David Edgar

Born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, February 26,1948. Educated at Oundle School, Northamptonshire, 1961-65; Manchester University, 1966-69, B.A. (honours) in drama 1969.

Plays:

  1. Two Kinds o f Angel (produced 1970)
  2. A Truer Shade of Blue (produced 1970)
  3. Still Life: Man in Bed (produced 1971)
  4. The National Interest (produced 1971)
  5. Tedderella (produced 1971)
  6. Bloody Rosa (produced 1971)
  7. Acid (produced 1971)
  8. Conversation in Paradise (produced 1971).
  9. The Rupert Show (produced 1972).
  10. The End (produced 1972)
  11. Excuses, Excuses (produced 1972); as Fired, produced 1975).
  12. Rent; or, Caught in the Act (produced 1972).
  13. State of Emergency (produced 1972).
  14. Not with a Bang But a Whimper (produced 1972).
  15. Death Story (produced 1972).
  16. The Road to Hanoi, in Point 101 (produced 1972).
  17. England's Ireland, with others (produced 1972)
  18. A Fart for Europe, with Howard Brenton (produced 1973).
  19. Gangsters (produced 1973)
  20. Up Spaghetti junction, with others (produced 1973).
  21. Baby Love (produced 1973).
  22. The Case of the Workers' Plane (produced 1973; shorter version, as Concorde Cabaret, produced 1975)
  23. Operation Iskra (produced 1973)
  24. Liberated Zone (produced 1973)
  25. The Eagle Has Landed (televised 1973; produced 1973).
  26. Man Only Dines (produced 1974)
  27. The Dunkirk Spirit (produced 1974)
  28. Dick Deterred (produced 1974)
  29. The … Show (produced 1974)
  30. The Midas Connection (televised 1975)
  31. O Fair Jerusalem (produced 1975)
  32. The National Theatre (produced 1975)
  33. Summer Sports: Beaters, Cricket, Shotputters, Cross Country, Ball Boys (produced 1975; as Blood Sports, produced 1976; revised version of Ball Boys produced 1977)
  34. Events Following the Closure of a Motorcycle Factory (produced 1976)
  35. Destiny (produced 1976); revised version (produced 1985)
  36. Welcome to Dallas, J.C., adaptation of a play by Alfred Jarry (produced 1976).
  37. The Perils of Bardfrod, with Richard Crane (produced 1976).
  38. Saigon Rose (produced 1976)
  39. Wreckers (produced 1977)
  40. Ecclesiastes (broadcast 1977)
  41. Our Own People (produced 1977)
  42. Mary Barnes (produced 1978) revised version, 1984.
  43. The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs, adaptation of the work by Sachs (produced 1978)
  44. Teendreams, with Susan Todd (produced 1979)
  45. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, adaptation of the novel by Dickens (produced 1980)
  46. Maydays (produced 1983) revised version, 1984
  47. Entertaining Strangers: A Play for Dorchester (produced 1985; revised version produced 1987)
  48. That Summer (produced 1987)
  49. Vote for Them, with Neil Grant (televised 1989)
  50. Heartlanders, with Stephen Bill and Anne Devlin (produced 1989)
  51. The Shape of the Table (produced 1990)
  52. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, adaptation of the story by Robert Louis Stevenson. 1991.

 Screenplay:

Lady Jane, 1986.

Radio Plays:

  1. Ecclesiastes, 1977;
  2. Saigon Rose, 1979;
  3. A Movie Starring Me, 1991.

Television Plays:

  1. The Eagle Has Landed, 1973;
  2. Sanctuary, from his play Gangsters, 1973;
  3. I Know What I Meant, 1974;
  4. The Midas Connection, 1975;
  5. Censors, with Hugh Whitemore and Robert Muller, 1975;
  6. Vote for Them, with Neil Grant, 1989.

Other:

The Second Time as Farce: Reflections on the Drama of Mean Times. 1988.

Critical Studies:

David Edgar, Playwright and Politician by Elizabeth Swain, 1986;
File on Edgar edited by Simon Trussler, 1991.