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David Mercer

Born

in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, The United Kingdom

June 27, 1928

Died

August 08, 1980

Genre

Drama

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David Mercer was an English dramatist.

Mercer failed to get into grammar school and left secondary school at 14, to get a job in a hospital laboratory. When he was 17 he joined the Royal Navy, which he left at 20 to attend the Durham University where he studied science. Later he began studying art in Newcastle, and at this time he started to write short stories.

He married a Czech woman and moved to Paris. When the marriage broke up he returned to England, began to write a novel and submerged in a deep depression.

In the 1960's he became a well known theatre and television writer. When he married an Israeli woman, he moved to Israel and his fame faded away. ...more

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Average rating: 3.78 · 27 ratings · 2 reviews · 15 distinct works

	Plays 2: Flint / The Bankrupt / Afternoon at the Festival / Duck Song / The Arcata Promise / Find Me / Huggy Bear by David Mercer, Stuart Laing (Introduction) 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	After Haggerty 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1970 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Television Comedies (Calderbooks) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bankrupt, and Other Plays liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1974 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Monster of Karlovy Vary & Then and Now liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1979	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Huggy bear and other plays liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Let's murder Vivaldi,: A play 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1973 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	'On the Eve of Publication' and Other Plays 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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