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Huggy bear and other plays
142 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1977
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David Mercer
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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. Mercer, who had always been a heavy drinker, was planning to return to England when he died at the age of 52.
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. Mercer, who had always been a heavy drinker, was planning to return to England when he died at the age of 52.
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