Tom Gallacher (16 February 1932 – 27 October 2001) was a

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes play (theatre), plays, which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between Character (arts), characters and is intended for Theatre, theatrical performance rather than just Readin ...

. He originally came from Garelochhead and went to the Hermitage Academy in

Helensburgh Helensburgh ( ; ) is a 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 government reorganisation in 1996. Histo ...

, but in later life he lived in

Alexandria Alexandria ( ; ) is the List of cities and towns in Egypt#Largest cities, second largest city in Egypt and the List of coastal settlements of the Mediterranean Sea, largest city on the Mediterranean coast. It lies at the western edge of the Nile ...

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. He was involved with the

Dumbarton People's Theatre Dumbarton People's Theatre (often abbreviated to DPT) is an amateur theatre group which exists in the town of Dumbarton Dumbarton (; , or ; or , meaning 'fort of the Britons (historical), Britons') is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotla ...

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 Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac ( , ; 6 March 1619 – 28 July 1655) was a French novelist, playwright, epistolarian, and duelist. A bold and innovative author, his work was part of the libertine literature of the first half of the 17th ce ...

Television Plays

* ''The Trial of Thomas Muir'', 1977. * ''If the Face Fits'', 1978.

Radio Plays

* ''The Scar'', 1973.

External links

about his plays
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gallacher, Tom 1932 births 2001 deaths Scottish dramatists and playwrights People from Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire 20th-century British dramatists and playwrights People educated at Hermitage Academy