Richard Cameron (born 16 June 1948) is an English
playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...
from
Doncaster
Doncaster (, ) is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the larger City of Doncaster. It is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Doncaster is situated in ...
. His themes are Northern
post-industrial society
In sociology, the post-industrial society is the stage of society's development when the service sector generates more wealth than the manufacturing sector of the economy.
The term was originated by Alain Touraine and is closely related to si ...
,
working class
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life, tough women and violent men. Cameron's plays include ''Pond Life'' (1992), ''Not Fade Away'' (1993), ''The Mortal Ash'' (1994), ''Almost Grown'' (1994), ''All of You Mine'' (1996), ''The Glee Club'' (2002), ''Gong Donkeys'' (2004), ''Flower Girls'' (2007), and ''Can't Stand Up For Falling Down''.
Cameron wrote ''
Dear Nobody
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'' starring
Sean Maguire
Sean Maguire (born 18 April 1976 in Ilford, London) is a British-American actor and singer, who rose to fame in 1988 when at the age of eleven he took on the role of "Tegs" Ratcliffe on the BBC children's drama ''Grange Hill'', in which he rem ...
, and ''Stone, Scissors, Paper'' for BBC (
1997
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). He has also contributed to the popular TV series
Midsomer Murders
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, writing the script for the episode "Midsomer Rhapsody".
References
External links
Profile at Curtis Brown agencyPlays, Vol.1 ((Methuen Contemporary Dramatists))Interview in What's On South West
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People from Doncaster
1938 births
Living people
English male dramatists and playwrights