Playwrights and their stage works 

Peter Terson

Pseudonym for Peter Patterson. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, 24 February 1932.

Stage Works

  1. A Night to Make the Angels Weep (produced 1964).
  2. The Mighty Reservoy (produced 1964).
  3. The Rat Run (produced 1965).
  4. All Honour Mr. Todd (produced 1966).
  5. I'm in Charge of These Ruins (produced 1966).
  6. Sing an Arful Story, with others (produced 1966).
  7. Jock-on-the-Go, adaptation of the story "Jock-at-a-Venture" by Arnold Bennett (produced 1966).
  8. Holder Dying (extracts produced 1966).
  9. Mooney and His Caravans (televised 1966; produced 1968).
  10. Zigger Zagger (produced 1967).
  11. Clayhanger, with Joyce Cheeseman, adaptation of the novel by Arnold Bennett (produced 1967).
  12. The Ballad of the Artificial Mash (produced 1967).
  13. The Apprentices (produced London, 1968). 1970.
  14. The Adventures of Gervase Beckett; or, The Man Who Changed Places (produced 1969).
  15. Fuzz (produced 1969).
  16. Inside-Outside (produced 1970).
  17. The Affair at Bennett's Hill, (Worcs.) (produced 1970).
  18. Spring-Heeled Jack (produced 1970).
  19. The 1861 Whitby Lifeboat Disaster (produced 1970). 1979.
  20. The Samaritan, with Mike Butler (produced 1971).
  21. Cadium Firty (produced 1971).
  22. Good Lads at Heart (produced 1971).
  23. Slip Road Wedding (produced 1971).
  24. Prisoners of the War (produced 1971).
  25. But Fred, Freud Is Dead (produced 1972).
  26. Moby Dick, adaptation of the novel by Melville (produced 1972).
  27. The Most Cheerful Man (produced 1973).
  28. Geordie's March (produced 1973).
  29. The Trip to Florence (produced 1974).
  30. Lost Yer Tongue? (produced 1974).
  31. Vince Lays the Carpet, and Fred Erects the Tent (produced 1975).
  32. The Ballad of Ben Bagot (televised 1977).
  33. Love Us and Leave Us, with Paul Joyce (produced 1976).
  34. The Bread and Butter Trade (produced 1976; revised version produced 1982).
  35. Twilight joker (produced 1977).
  36. Pinvin Careless and His Lines of Force (produced 1977).
  37. Family Ties: Wrong First Time; Never Right, Yet Again (produced 1977).
  38. Forest Lodge (produced 1977).
  39. Tolly of the Black Boy (produced 1977).
  40. Rattling the Railings (produced 1978). 1979.
  41. The Banger (produced 1978).
  42. Cul de Sac (produced 1978).
  43. England, My Own (produced 1978).
  44. Soldier Boy (produced 1978).
  45. VE Night (produced 1979).
  46. The Limes, and I Kid You Not (produced 1979).
  47. The Pied Piper, adaptation of the poem by Robert Browning, music by Jeff Parton (produced 1980). 1982.
  48. The Ticket (produced 1980).
  49. The Night John (produced 1980).
  50. We Were All Heroes (produced 1981).
  51. Aesop's Fables, music by Jeff Parton (produced 1983). 1986.
  52. Strippers (produced 1984). 1985.
  53. Hotel Dorado (produced 1985).
  54. The Weeping Madonna.

RADIO PLAYS:

  1. The Fishing Party, 1971;
  2. Play Soft, Then Attack, 1978;
  3. The First Flame, 1980;
  4. The Rundle Gibbet, 1981;
  5. The Overnight Man, 1982;
  6. The Romany Trip (documentary), 1983;
  7. The Top Sail at Imberley, 1983;
  8. Madam Main Course, 1983;
  9. Poole Harbour, 1984;
  10. Letters to the Otter, 1985;
  11. When Youth. and Pleasure Meet, 1986;
  12. The Mumper, 1988;
  13. Blind Down the Thames, 1988;
  14. Stones, Tops, and Tarns, 1989;
  15. Tales My Father Taught Me, 1990.

TELEVISION PLAYS:

  1. Mooney and His Caravans, 1966;
  2. The Heroism of Thomas Chadwick, 1967;
  3. The Last Train Through the Harecastle Tunnel, 1969;
  4. The Gregorian Chant, 1972;
  5. The Dividing Fence, 1972;
  6. Shakespeare-or Bust, 1973;
  7. Three for the Fancy, 1973;
  8. Dancing in the Dark, 1974;
  9. The Rough and the Smooth, 1975;
  10. The Jolly Swagman, with Paul Joyce (Crown Court series), 1976;
  11. The Ballad of Ben Bagot, 1977;
  12. The Reluctant Chosen, 1979;
  13. Put Out to Grass, 1979;
  14. Atlantis, 1983;
  15. Salvation Army series.