Peter Terson
Pseudonym for Peter Patterson. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, 24 February 1932.
Stage Works
- A Night to Make the Angels Weep (produced 1964).
- The Mighty Reservoy (produced 1964).
- The Rat Run (produced 1965).
- All Honour Mr. Todd (produced 1966).
- I'm in Charge of These Ruins (produced 1966).
- Sing an Arful Story, with others (produced 1966).
- Jock-on-the-Go, adaptation of the story "Jock-at-a-Venture" by Arnold Bennett (produced 1966).
- Holder Dying (extracts produced 1966).
- Mooney and His Caravans (televised 1966; produced 1968).
- Zigger Zagger (produced 1967).
- Clayhanger, with Joyce Cheeseman, adaptation of the novel by Arnold Bennett (produced 1967).
- The Ballad of the Artificial Mash (produced 1967).
- The Apprentices (produced London, 1968). 1970.
- The Adventures of Gervase Beckett; or, The Man Who Changed Places (produced 1969).
- Fuzz (produced 1969).
- Inside-Outside (produced 1970).
- The Affair at Bennett's Hill, (Worcs.) (produced 1970).
- Spring-Heeled Jack (produced 1970).
- The 1861 Whitby Lifeboat Disaster (produced 1970). 1979.
- The Samaritan, with Mike Butler (produced 1971).
- Cadium Firty (produced 1971).
- Good Lads at Heart (produced 1971).
- Slip Road Wedding (produced 1971).
- Prisoners of the War (produced 1971).
- But Fred, Freud Is Dead (produced 1972).
- Moby Dick, adaptation of the novel by Melville (produced 1972).
- The Most Cheerful Man (produced 1973).
- Geordie's March (produced 1973).
- The Trip to Florence (produced 1974).
- Lost Yer Tongue? (produced 1974).
- Vince Lays the Carpet, and Fred Erects the Tent (produced 1975).
- The Ballad of Ben Bagot (televised 1977).
- Love Us and Leave Us, with Paul Joyce (produced 1976).
- The Bread and Butter Trade (produced 1976; revised version produced 1982).
- Twilight joker (produced 1977).
- Pinvin Careless and His Lines of Force (produced 1977).
- Family Ties: Wrong First Time; Never Right, Yet Again (produced 1977).
- Forest Lodge (produced 1977).
- Tolly of the Black Boy (produced 1977).
- Rattling the Railings (produced 1978). 1979.
- The Banger (produced 1978).
- Cul de Sac (produced 1978).
- England, My Own (produced 1978).
- Soldier Boy (produced 1978).
- VE Night (produced 1979).
- The Limes, and I Kid You Not (produced 1979).
- The Pied Piper, adaptation of the poem by Robert Browning, music by Jeff Parton (produced 1980). 1982.
- The Ticket (produced 1980).
- The Night John (produced 1980).
- We Were All Heroes (produced 1981).
- Aesop's Fables, music by Jeff Parton (produced 1983). 1986.
- Strippers (produced 1984). 1985.
- Hotel Dorado (produced 1985).
- The Weeping Madonna.
RADIO PLAYS:
- The Fishing Party, 1971;
- Play Soft, Then Attack, 1978;
- The First Flame, 1980;
- The Rundle Gibbet, 1981;
- The Overnight Man, 1982;
- The Romany Trip (documentary), 1983;
- The Top Sail at Imberley, 1983;
- Madam Main Course, 1983;
- Poole Harbour, 1984;
- Letters to the Otter, 1985;
- When Youth. and Pleasure Meet, 1986;
- The Mumper, 1988;
- Blind Down the Thames, 1988;
- Stones, Tops, and Tarns, 1989;
- Tales My Father Taught Me, 1990.
TELEVISION PLAYS:
- Mooney and His Caravans, 1966;
- The Heroism of Thomas Chadwick, 1967;
- The Last Train Through the Harecastle Tunnel, 1969;
- The Gregorian Chant, 1972;
- The Dividing Fence, 1972;
- Shakespeare-or Bust, 1973;
- Three for the Fancy, 1973;
- Dancing in the Dark, 1974;
- The Rough and the Smooth, 1975;
- The Jolly Swagman, with Paul Joyce (Crown Court series), 1976;
- The Ballad of Ben Bagot, 1977;
- The Reluctant Chosen, 1979;
- Put Out to Grass, 1979;
- Atlantis, 1983;
- Salvation Army series.