Tom Gallacher (16 February 1932 – 27 October 2001) was a
Scottish playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...
. He originally came from
Garelochhead and went to the
Hermitage Academy in
Helensburgh
Helensburgh (; gd, Baile Eilidh) is an affluent coastal town on the north side of the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, situated at the mouth of the Gareloch. Historically in Dunbartonshire, it became part of Argyll and Bute following local gove ...
, but in later life he lived in
Alexandria
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in
Dunbartonshire.
He was involved with the
Dumbarton People's Theatre
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.
Plays for the stage
* ''Personal Effects'', Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Perthshire, U.K., 1974.
* ''A Laughing Matter'', St. Andrew's Theatre, Fife, Scotland, U.K., 1975.
* ''Hallowe'en'', Dundee Theatre, Angus, Scotland, U.K., 1975.
* ''A Presbyterian Wooing'' (adaptor), Pitlochry Festival Theatre, 1976.
* ''Mr. Joyce Is Leaving Paris'', King's Head, Islington, London, 1972 & 1973
* An adaptation of ''
Cyrano de Bergerac''
Television Plays
* ''The Trial of Thomas Muir'', 1977.
* ''If the Face Fits'', 1978.
Radio Plays
* ''The Scar'', 1973.
External links
about his plays
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1932 births
2001 deaths
Scottish dramatists and playwrights
People from Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire
20th-century British dramatists and playwrights
People educated at Hermitage Academy