Composers and their stage works 



David (Appleton Quartus) Cregan

Born in Buxton, Derbyshire, 30 September 1931

Stage Plays:

  1. Miniatures (produced 1965). 1970.
  2. Transcending, and The Dancers (produced 1966). 1967.
  3. Three Men for Colverton (produced 1966). 1967.
  4. The Houses by the Green (produced 1968). 1969.
  5. A Comedy of the Changing Years (produced 1969).
  6. Arthur, 1969.
  7. Tipper (produced 1969).
  8. Liebestraum and Other Pieces (produced 1970).
  9. Jack in the Box; and If You Don't Laugh, You Cry (produced 1971).
  10. The Daffodil, and Sentimental Value (produced 1971).
  11. How We Held the Square: A Play for Children (produced 1971). 1973.
  12. The Land of Palms (produced 1972).
  13. George Reborn (televised 1973; produced 1973).
  14. Cast Off (produced 1973).
  15. Pater Noster (in Mixed Blessings, produced 1973).
  16. The King (produced 1974).
  17. Tina (produced 1975).
  18. Poor Tom (produced 1976).
  19. Tigers (produced 1978).
  20. Young Sir (produced 1979).
  21. Red Riding Hood (produced 1979).
  22. Getting It Right (produced 1980).
  23. A Name Is More Than a Name, 1981.
  24. Jack and the Beanstalk (pantomime), music by Brian Protheroe (produced 1982). 1987.
  25. The Sleeping Beauty (pantomime), music by Brian Protheroe (produced 1983). 1984.
  26. Red Ridinghood (pantomime), music by Brian Protheroe (produced 1984). 1986.
  27. Crackling Angels (produced 1987).
  28. Beauty and the Beast (pantomime), music by Brian Protheroe (produced 1987).
  29. Cinderella (pantomime), music by Brian Protheroe (produced 1989).
  30. Nice Dorothy (produced 1993).

Radio Plays:

  1. The Latter Days of Lucy Trenchard, 1974;
  2. The Monument, 1978;
  3. Hope, 1979;
  4. Inventor's Corner, 1979;
  5. The Joking Habit, 1980;
  6. The True Story of the Public School Strike 1990, 1981;
  7. Diana's Uncle and Other Relatives, 1982;
  8. The Spectre, 1983;
  9. The Awful Insulation of Rage, 1986;
  10. A Butler Did It, 1990;
  11. From a Second Home in Picardy, 1990;
  12. What Happened with St. George, 1991;
  13. Eavesdropping, 1992.

Television Plays:

  1. That Time of Life, 1972;
  2. George Reborn, 1973;
  3. I Want to Marry Your Son, 1973;
  4. Pipkins, with Susan Pleat, 1974;
  5. Reluctant Chickens, 1982;
  6. Events in a Museum, 1983;
  7. Goodbye Days, 1984;
  8. A Still Small Shout, 1985;
  9. Goodbye, And I Hope We Meet Again, 1989.

Novel:

Ronald Rossiter. 1959.

Critical Studies:

  • The Second Wave by John Russell Taylor, 1971;
  • article by Timothy J. Kidd, in British Dramatists since World War II edited by Stanley Weintraub, 1982.