Composers and their stage works 



David CAMPTON

Born in Leicester, 5 June 1924.

 

Plays:

  1. Going Home (produced 1950). 1951.
  2. Honeymoon Express (produced 1951). 1951.
  3. Change Partners (produced 1952). 1951.
  4. Sunshine on the Righteous (produced 1953). 1952.
  5. The Laboratory (produced 1954). 1955.
  6. Want a Bet? (produced 1954).
  7. Ripple in the Pool (produced 1955).
  8. The Cactus Garden (produced 1955). 1955.
  9. Dragons Are Dangerous (produced 1955).
  10. Idol in the Sky, with Stephen Joseph (produced 1956).
  11. Doctor Alexander. 1956.
  12. Cuckoo Song. 1956.
  13. Memento Mori,
  14. Getting and Spending (produced 1957;
  15. Then …(produced 1980). 1960;
  16. A Smell of Burning, (1971)
  17. Roses round the Door (as Ring of Roses, produced 1958). 1967.
  18. Frankenstein: The Gift of Fire, adaptation of the novel by Mary Shelley (produced 1959). 1973.
  19. Little Brother, Little Sister (produced 1961). 1960.
  20. Out of the Flying Pan, 1970.
  21. Mutatis Mutandis (produced 1967)
  22. At Sea (produced 1960)
  23. Soldier from the Wars Returning (produced 1961)
  24. Funeral Dance (produced 1960). 1962,.
  25. Sketches in You, Me and the Gatepost (produced 1960).
  26. Sketches in Second Post (produced 1961).
  27. Passport to Florence (as Stranger in the Family, produced 1961). 1967.
  28. The Girls and the Boys (revue; produced 1961).
  29. Silence on the Battlefield (produced 1961). 1967.
  30. Sketches in Yer What? (produced 1962).
  31. Usher, adaptation of the story The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe (produced 1962). 1973.
  32. Incident (produced 1962). 1967.
  33. A Tinkle of Tiny Bells (broadcast 1963; produced 1971).
  34. Comeback (produced 1963; revised version, as Honey, I'm Home, produced 1964).
  35. Don't Wait for Me (broadcast 1963; produced 1963)
  36. Dead and Alive (produced 1964). 1983.
  37. On Stage: Containing Seventeen Sketches and One Monologue. 1964.
  38. Resting Place (broadcast 1964; (produced 1969). 1970.
  39. The End of the Picnic (broadcast 1964; produced 1973)
  40. The Manipulator (broadcast 1964; shortened version, as A Point of View, produced 1964; as The Manipulator, produced 1968). 1967.
  41. Cock and Bull Story (produced 1965).
  42. Where Have All the Ghosts Gone? (broadcast 1965)
  43. Split Down the Middle (broadcast 1965; produced 1966). 1973.
  44. Two Leaves and a Stalk (produced 1967). 1967.
  45. Angel Unwilling (broadcast 1967; produced 1972). 1972.
  46. More Sketches. 1967.
  47. Parcel (broadcast 1968). 1979.
  48. The Right Place (produced 1970). 1969.
  49. On Stage Again: Containing Fourteen Sketches and Two Monologues. 1969.
  50. The Life and Death of Almost Everybody (produced 1970). 1971.
  51. Now and Then (produced 1970). 1973.
  52. Timesneeze (produced 1970). 1974.
  53. Wonderchick (produced 1970).
  54. Jonah (produced 1971). 1972.
  55. The Cagebirds (produced 1971). 1972.
  56. Provisioning (produced 1971).
  57. Us and Them (produced 1972). 1972.
  58. Carmilla, adaptation of a story by Le Fanu (produced 1972). 1973.
  59. Come Back Tomorrow. 1972.
  60. In Committee. 1972.
  61. Eskimos, (produced 1973).
  62. Relics (produced 1973). 1974.
  63. An Outline of History (produced 1974). 1981.
  64. Everybody's Friend (broadcast 1974; produced 1975) 1979
  65. Ragerbo! (produced 1975) 1977
  66. The Do-It-Yourself Frankenstein Outfit (produced 1975) 1978
  67. George Davenport, The Wigston Highwayman (produced 1975)
  68. What Are You Doing Here? 1976
  69. No Go Area 1976
  70. One Possessed (broadcast 1977) 1977
  71. Oh, Yes It Is! (produced 1977)
  72. Zodiac, music by John Whitworth (produced 1977) 1978
  73. The Great Little Tilley (produced 1978)
  74. After Midnight, Before Dawn (produced 1978) 1978
  75. Dark Wings (produced 1978) 1980
  76. Who Calls? (produced 1979) 1980
  77. Under the Bush (produced 1980)
  78. Attitudes (produced 1981) 1980
  79. Freedom Log 1980
  80. Star-station Freedom (produced 1981)
  81. Look-Sea, and Great Whales 1981
  82. Who's a Hero, Then? 1981
  83. Olympus (produced 1983)
  84. But Not Here (produced 1983) 1984
  85. En attendant François (produced 1984)
  86. Who's Been Sitting in My Chair? (produced 1984)
  87. So Why? 1984
  88. Mrs Meadowsweet (as Mrs M, broadcast 1984; revised version, as Mrs Meadowsweet, produced 1985) 1986
  89. Cards, Cups, and Crystal Ball (produced 1985) 1986
  90. Singing in the Wilderness (produced 1985) 1986
  91. Our Branch in Brussels 1986
  92. The Spectre Bridegroom, adaptation of the play by W.T. Moncrieff (also director: produced 1987) 1987
  93. Can You Hear the Music? (produced 1988) 1988
  94. The Winter of 1917 (produced 1989) 1989
  95. Smile (produced 1990) 1990

Television Plays:

  1. One Fight More, with Stephen Joseph,
  2. See What You Think series, 1957;
  3. Starr and Company (serialization), 1958;
  4. Tunnel under the World, 1966;
  5. Someone in the Lift, 1967;
  6. The Triumph of Death, 1968;
  7. A Private Place, 1968;
  8. Liar, 1969;
  9. Time for a Change, 1969;
  10. Slim John, with others, 1971;
  11. The Bellcrest Story, 1972;
  12. People You Meet, 1972.

OTHER (for children)

  1. Gulliver in Lilliput. 1970.
  2. Gulliver in the Land of the Giants. 1970.
  3. The Wooden Horse of Troy. 1970.
  4. Modern Aesop Stories. 1976.
  5. Vampyre, from a story by John Polidori. 1986.
  6. Frankenstein. 1987.
  7. Becoming a Playwright. 1992.

Critical Studies:

  • Anger and After by John Russell Taylor, 1962, revised edition, 1969, as The Angry Theatre, 1962, revised edition, 1969;
  • The Disarmers by Christopher Driver, 1964;
  • "Comedy of Menace" by Irving Wardle, in The Encore Reader, 1965;
  • Laughter and Fear edited by Michael Marland, 1969;
  • Investigating Drama by Kenneth Pickering, Bill Horrocks, and David Male, 1974.