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'''Andrew Dallmeyer''' ( |
'''Andrew Dallmeyer''' (10 January 1945 – 21 May 2017) was a Scottish playwright, theatre director and actor. He wrote over 75 plays, including the ''Opium Eater'' and directed more than 50 productions. His plays have won a number of awards, including a Scottish BAFTA, and they have been played on BBC Radio. |
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Some of Dallmeyer's plays have been considered controversial, for example ''Wanted: Dead or Alive'' which focused on [[Osama |
Some of Dallmeyer's plays have been considered controversial, for example ''Wanted: Dead or Alive'' which focused on [[Osama bin Laden]]'s motives and was released on the first anniversary of the [[September 11 attacks]]. Some of his other plays celebrate the life and works of historical figures such as [[John Muir]] and [[Salvador Dalí]]. As an actor, Dallmeyer had a recurring role in Scottish cult comedy, [[Rab C. Nesbitt]]. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Dallmeyer was born on 10 January 1945 in [[St Boswells]] in |
Dallmeyer was born on 10 January 1945 in [[St Boswells]] in Roxburghshire, Scotland. He spent most of his childhood in [[Aberlady]], East Lothian where he was a keen [[Hibernian F.C.]] supporter (later inspiring his interest to write ''Playing a Blinder''). Dallmeyer learnt drama at the [[Webber Douglas School of Singing and Dramatic Art]], London. His father served in the British Army during the [[Second World War]] and was twice awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]].<ref name=HScot /> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Dallmeyer, described as a veteran actor and playwright,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ellis|first1=Maureen|title=No Headline|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/137235CDF12446C8?p=UKNB|accessdate=1 March 2015| |
Dallmeyer, described as a veteran actor and playwright,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ellis|first1=Maureen|title=No Headline|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/137235CDF12446C8?p=UKNB|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=Evening Times|date=9 May 2011}}</ref> began his theatre work in the 1960s as an actor in [[Bristol Old Vic]] and [[Nottingham Playhouse]] performances. At the age of 26 he was the [[artistic director]] at [[Liverpool Playhouse]], although he didn't enjoy it and instead wanted to focus on writing his own plays.<ref name=Second/> He subsequently directed many productions at the [[Traverse Theatre]] in Edinburgh, [[Sheffield Crucible]], [[Dundee Rep]], [[Leeds Playhouse]] and several more.<ref name="HScot">{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/now-a-big-player-in-a-very-big-field-1.163428|title=Now a big player in a very big field|work=The Herald Scotland|date=31 December 2001|accessdate=6 October 2014}}</ref> |
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As a playwright, Dallmeyer has written over 75 plays despite admitting he is unable to type<ref name=Second/> and has directed over 50 productions.<ref name=Caper>{{cite web|title=Opium Eater by Andrew Dallmeyer|url=http://www.capercailliebooks.co.uk/shop/fairplay-press/opium-eater-by-andrew-dallmeyer/|website=Capercaillie Books|accessdate=23 February 2015}}</ref> He was commissioned by the [[Baron of Prestongrange]] and has written a number of plays for him. He won three Fringe First awards as well as a [[BAFTA Scotland]] Award for the Best Radio Play of 1985 in Scotland.<ref name=Second/><ref name=Caper/><ref name=Julie/><ref name=Courier>{{cite news|title=Six cannons and countless muskets promise epic 'battle'|url=http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/09/17/391954-six-cannons-and-countless-muskets-promise-epic-battle/?mode=print|accessdate=25 February 2015|work=East Lothian Courier|date=17 September 2009}}</ref> In 1982, ''[[The Times]]'' pointed out that he was able to put on three separate successful Fringe shows each year.<ref name=Ned>{{cite news|last1=Chaillet|first1=Ned|title=Restoration exercise.|accessdate=1 March 2015|issue=61321|work=The Times|date=26 August 1982|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=lancs&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS118065946&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|location=London, England|page=7}}</ref> Much of Dallmeyer's work has not been published or put into print and therefore he holds the only copy of many plays.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cooper|first1=Neil|title=Making a play for the past|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/13421A5054E71AD0?p=UKNB|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=The Herald|date=14 December 2010}}</ref> |
As a playwright, Dallmeyer has written over 75 plays despite admitting he is unable to type<ref name=Second/> and has directed over 50 productions.<ref name=Caper>{{cite web|title=Opium Eater by Andrew Dallmeyer|url=http://www.capercailliebooks.co.uk/shop/fairplay-press/opium-eater-by-andrew-dallmeyer/|website=Capercaillie Books|accessdate=23 February 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150223180854/http://www.capercailliebooks.co.uk/shop/fairplay-press/opium-eater-by-andrew-dallmeyer/|archive-date=23 February 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He was commissioned by the [[Baron of Prestongrange]] and has written a number of plays for him. He won three Fringe First awards as well as a [[BAFTA Scotland]] Award for the Best Radio Play of 1985 in Scotland.<ref name=Second/><ref name=Caper/><ref name=Julie/><ref name=Courier>{{cite news|title=Six cannons and countless muskets promise epic 'battle' |url=http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/09/17/391954-six-cannons-and-countless-muskets-promise-epic-battle/?mode=print |accessdate=25 February 2015 |work=East Lothian Courier |date=17 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225122813/http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/09/17/391954-six-cannons-and-countless-muskets-promise-epic-battle/?mode=print |archivedate=25 February 2015 }}</ref> In 1982, ''[[The Times]]'' pointed out that he was able to put on three separate successful Fringe shows each year.<ref name=Ned>{{cite news|last1=Chaillet|first1=Ned|title=Restoration exercise.|accessdate=1 March 2015|issue=61321|work=The Times|date=26 August 1982|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=lancs&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS118065946&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|location=London, England|page=7}}</ref> Much of Dallmeyer's work has not been published or put into print and therefore he holds the only copy of many plays.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cooper|first1=Neil|title=Making a play for the past|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/13421A5054E71AD0?p=UKNB|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=The Herald|date=14 December 2010}}</ref> |
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===1980s=== |
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''The Opium Eater'', based on ''[[Confessions of an English Opium-Eater]]'' by [[Thomas De Quincey]],<ref name=Caper/> has had more than a dozen performances across the United Kingdom.<ref name=Opium>{{cite news|last1=McMillan|first1=Joyce|title=The Scotsman: Pick of the day: The Opium Eater|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0F6614ACA90B2D98?p=UKNB|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=The Scotsman|date=27 September 2002}}</ref> The play was published by [[Capercaillie Books]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsD/dallmeyer-andrew.html|title=Andrew Dallmeyer|publisher=Doollee The Playwrights Database |
''The Opium Eater'', based on ''[[Confessions of an English Opium-Eater]]'' by [[Thomas De Quincey]],<ref name=Caper/> has had more than a dozen performances across the United Kingdom.<ref name=Opium>{{cite news|last1=McMillan|first1=Joyce|title=The Scotsman: Pick of the day: The Opium Eater|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0F6614ACA90B2D98?p=UKNB|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=The Scotsman|date=27 September 2002}}</ref> The play was published by [[Capercaillie Books]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsD/dallmeyer-andrew.html|title=Andrew Dallmeyer|publisher=Doollee The Playwrights Database |accessdate=6 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://vagabondproductions.weebly.com/miss-julie-reviews.html|title=Miss Julie Fringe Sell Out show 2012|publisher=Vagabond Productions|accessdate=6 October 2014}}</ref> made into a television production (featuring [[Peter Mullan]]) and a radio version directed by [[Stewart Conn]].<ref name=Opium/> |
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The radio play won a [[BAFTA]] award equivalent in 1985.<ref name=Opium/> Dallmeyer believes ''The Opium Eater'' is somewhat autobiographical in nature as it is about a writer trying to find inspiration. He went on to state that "I |
The radio play won a [[BAFTA]] award equivalent in 1985.<ref name=Opium/> Dallmeyer believes ''The Opium Eater'' is somewhat autobiographical in nature as it is about a writer trying to find inspiration. He went on to state that "I don't think I'm that neurotic. I'm quite steady, really, mentally. You have to be in this job."<ref name=Second/> Martin Cropper reviewed the show in ''The Times'' as one of the best he had seen at a fringe theatre.<ref name=Cropper/> ''The Opium Eater'' won awards and was adapted for radio.<ref name=Cropper>{{cite news|last1=Cropper|first1=Martin|title=Opium Eater|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=lancs&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS252285308&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|accessdate=1 March 2015|issue=62307|work=The Times|date=28 November 1985|location=London, England|page=15}}</ref> |
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''The Boys in the Backroom'' was part of a series of plays, produced by Salamander Press, called The [[Traverse Theatre|Traverse]] Plays. The plays were written in celebration of Scottish playwrights and Dallmeyer's play was fifth in the series.<ref name=Traverse/> The play was performed in theatres across America covering 10 cities including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Pittsburgh.<ref name=HScot/> It was reviewed in ''The Times'' as a conspiracy story which "markets its paranoia through outsize performances".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chaillet|first1=Ned|title=... and authentic revelations on the Fringe too.|accessdate=1 March 2015|issue=61324|work=The Times|date=30 August 1982|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=lancs&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS151620382&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|location=London, England|page=9}}</ref> Following a performance in Los Angeles in 1987 it reviewed by the [[Los Angeles Times]] as "sophomoric and forgettable."<ref name="Traverse"/> It has also been performed by students at the [[Royal Conservatoire of Scotland]].<ref name=Second/> |
''The Boys in the Backroom'' was part of a series of plays, produced by Salamander Press, called The [[Traverse Theatre|Traverse]] Plays. The plays were written in celebration of Scottish playwrights and Dallmeyer's play was fifth in the series.<ref name=Traverse/> The play was performed in theatres across America covering 10 cities including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Pittsburgh.<ref name=HScot/> It was reviewed in ''The Times'' as a conspiracy story which "markets its paranoia through outsize performances".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chaillet|first1=Ned|title=... and authentic revelations on the Fringe too.|accessdate=1 March 2015|issue=61324|work=The Times|date=30 August 1982|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=lancs&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS151620382&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|location=London, England|page=9}}</ref> Following a performance in Los Angeles in 1987 it reviewed by the [[Los Angeles Times]] as "sophomoric and forgettable."<ref name="Traverse"/> It has also been performed by students at the [[Royal Conservatoire of Scotland]].<ref name=Second/> |
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His one-man show, titled ''Hello Dali'', based on artist [[Salvador |
His one-man show, titled ''Hello Dali'', based on artist [[Salvador Dalí]]<ref name=Dink/> won a [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe#Awards|Fringe First]] award and has previously starred [[Sylvester McCoy]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Hello Dalí|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/hello-dal-237-1-616752|accessdate=28 February 2015|work=The Scotsman|date=13 August 2002}}</ref> and [[Neil Cunningham]]. It has been performed in many countries including: Scotland, England, United States, Belgium, Spain, France, and the Netherlands. The play was described as a "scatological, emotional and artistic biography".<ref name=Ned/> |
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In 1986, Dallmeyer wrote ''The Grand Edinburgh Fire Balloon'' as a piece of commissioned work for the [[Royal Lyceum Theatre]].<ref name=Fowler/> Based on the story of the first man to fly in Britain; [[James Tytler]] was a pioneer with the development of the [[hot air balloon]].<ref name=Hemmings>{{cite news|last1=Hemmings|first1=Sarah|title=Arts (Theatre): Review of 'Grand Edinburgh Fire Balloon' at the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0F90B4AD9DA10CDA?p=UKNB|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=The Times|date=13 October 1986}}</ref> Despite the Lyceum being praised for commissioning a new play with regional importance<ref name=Hemmings/><ref name=Peter/> the play itself received some poor feedback. ''The Times'' reporter Sarah Hemmings viewed the play to be "rather monotonous" and "static", though she also said that the "Scenes that do take off are fascinating."<ref name=Hemmings/> John Peter of the ''[[Sunday Times]]'' reported that the acting was below standard.<ref name=Peter/> |
In 1986, Dallmeyer wrote ''The Grand Edinburgh Fire Balloon'' as a piece of commissioned work for the [[Royal Lyceum Theatre]].<ref name=Fowler/> Based on the story of the first man to fly in Britain; [[James Tytler]] was a pioneer with the development of the [[hot air balloon]].<ref name=Hemmings>{{cite news|last1=Hemmings|first1=Sarah|title=Arts (Theatre): Review of 'Grand Edinburgh Fire Balloon' at the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0F90B4AD9DA10CDA?p=UKNB|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=The Times|date=13 October 1986}}</ref> Despite the Lyceum being praised for commissioning a new play with regional importance<ref name=Hemmings/><ref name=Peter/> the play itself received some poor feedback. ''The Times'' reporter Sarah Hemmings viewed the play to be "rather monotonous" and "static", though she also said that the "Scenes that do take off are fascinating."<ref name=Hemmings/> John Peter of the ''[[Sunday Times]]'' reported that the acting was below standard.<ref name=Peter/> |
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Dallmeyer wrote and performed in his controversial 50-minute one-man play,<ref name=CNN/><ref name=Lothian/> ''Wanted Dead or Alive'', in which [[Osama bin Laden]] is [[Santa Claus]] in a shopping mall. It was released on the first [[September 11th attacks]] anniversary and attempts to explain possible reasons for Osama bin Laden's anger towards America. |
Dallmeyer wrote and performed in his controversial 50-minute one-man play,<ref name=CNN/><ref name=Lothian/> ''Wanted Dead or Alive'', in which [[Osama bin Laden]] is [[Santa Claus]] in a shopping mall. It was released on the first [[September 11th attacks]] anniversary and attempts to explain possible reasons for Osama bin Laden's anger towards America.<ref name=CNN>{{cite news|last1=Boulden|first1=Jim|title='O-Santa' bin Laden causes a stir|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/12/20/uk.santabinladen/|accessdate=28 February 2015|publisher=CNN|date=20 December 2002}}</ref><ref name=Scotsman/> The performance prompted complaints from the US consulate and Dallmeyer received death threats and abusive phone calls. There were calls from Scottish Parliament member, [[Brian Monteith]], to boycott the performance.<ref name=Scotsman /><ref name=Thorpe>{{cite news|last1=Thorpe|first1=Vanessa|title=Santa Osama arrives cloaked in controversy|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/nov/24/arts.christmas|accessdate=28 February 2015|work=The Guardian|date=24 November 2002}}</ref> Dallmeyer defended the play, stating "I am not trying to create a sensation; it is just that I feel the piece is strong".<ref name=Thorpe/> The play featured "strongly anti-American sentiments and condemns United States foreign policy"<ref name=Scotsman/> and despite the backlash Dallmeyer has performed it over 100 times.<ref name=Lothian>{{cite news|title=Controversial drama makes county debut |url=http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/prestonpans/articles/2008/12/04/31539-controversial-drama-makes-county-sdebut/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150522001422/http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/prestonpans/articles/2008/12/04/31539-controversial-drama-makes-county-sdebut/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 May 2015 |accessdate=28 February 2015 |work=East Lothian Courier |date=4 December 2008 }}</ref> |
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His stage play, ''Playing a Blinder'', which attempted to re-create the 1940 [[Edinburgh Derby#New Year derby|Edinburgh Derby's New |
His stage play, ''Playing a Blinder'', which attempted to re-create the 1940 [[Edinburgh Derby#New Year derby|Edinburgh Derby's New Year's Day]] match, in which the commentator improvised what was happening on the pitch due to severe fog, was aired in 2002 on BBC Radio 4.<ref name=Talking/><ref name=McBurnie/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Cocchi|first1=Massimiliano|title=The Edinburgh derby that nobody saw|url=http://www.ilpost.it/2015/01/03/hearts-hibernian-1940/|accessdate=25 February 2015|publisher=ILPost|date=3 January 2015|language=Italian}}</ref> The cast included [[Andy Gray (actor)|Andy Gray]] and [[Gavin Mitchell (actor)|Gavin Mitchell]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=McGlone|first1=Jackie|title=I rescued Easter Road from the mists of time...|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0F2B77AA17549719?p=UKNB|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=The Scotsman|date=18 December 2001}}</ref> |
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The play took Dallmeyer two years to create<ref name=McBurnie/> and due to their being no recordings of the event he had to "imagine how it might have sounded".<ref name=Talking>{{cite news|last1=Philip|first1=Robert|title=Talking points: Guess who's coming to dinner?|url= |
The play took Dallmeyer two years to create<ref name=McBurnie/> and due to their being no recordings of the event he had to "imagine how it might have sounded".<ref name=Talking>{{cite news|last1=Philip|first1=Robert|title=Talking points: Guess who's coming to dinner?|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/3019478/Talking-points-Guess-whos-coming-to-dinner.html|accessdate=25 February 2015|work=The Telegraph|date=28 December 2001}}</ref> |
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Dallmeyer wrote the musical ''Burns Supper'', in collaboration with composer David Todd, inspired by the [[bard]] [[Robert Burns]]. They then donated the script to schools around the country and a competition was held, in conjunction with charity 'First Scottish Film Features', to find the best school performance. Some of the work was then presented at the Fringe festival.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mollison|first1=Hazel|title=No holds Bard for Burns show|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/125DB21E5A324C80?p=UKNB|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=Edinburgh Evening News|date=20 January 2009}}</ref> |
Dallmeyer wrote the musical ''Burns Supper'', in collaboration with composer David Todd, inspired by the [[bard]] [[Robert Burns]]. They then donated the script to schools around the country and a competition was held, in conjunction with charity 'First Scottish Film Features', to find the best school performance. Some of the work was then presented at the Fringe festival.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mollison|first1=Hazel|title=No holds Bard for Burns show|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/125DB21E5A324C80?p=UKNB|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=Edinburgh Evening News|date=20 January 2009}}</ref> |
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Dallmeyer wrote the play ''Thank God for John Muir'' based on the life of [[John Muir]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bruce|first1=Keith|title=Arts News:|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/arts-news.118471443|accessdate=23 February 2015| |
Dallmeyer wrote the play ''Thank God for John Muir'' based on the life of [[John Muir]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bruce|first1=Keith|title=Arts News:|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/arts-news.118471443|accessdate=23 February 2015|work=The Herald|location=Glasgow|date=16 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=Muir>{{cite news|title=Theatre review: Thank God for John Muir|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/theatre-review-thank-god-for-john-muir-1-1631025|accessdate=23 February 2015|work=The Scotsman|date=10 May 2011}}</ref> and specifically based on the period in Muir's life when an industrial accident left him blind.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mcmillan|first1=Joyce|title=The Scotsman: Review: Thank God for John Muir|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/1372DEB304D916C0?p=UKNB|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=The Scotsman|date=11 May 2011}}</ref> It was reviewed in 2011 as an "emotional and sensory journey", yet Alan Chadwick, from ''[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]'', described it as "too static" and the ending was "underwhelming".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chadwick|first1=Alan|title=Thank God for John Muir|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/137332E92AC1C148?p=UKNB|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=The Herald|date=12 May 2011}}</ref> The play was scheduled to be a part of the 2015 John Muir celebrations in [[East Lothian]].<ref>{{cite web|title=John Muir 2015 |url=http://www.visiteastlothian.org/johnmuir2015.asp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150223171253/http://www.visiteastlothian.org/johnmuir2015.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 February 2015 |website=Visit East Lothian |accessdate=23 February 2015 }}</ref> |
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==Plays written by Dallmeyer== |
==Plays written by Dallmeyer== |
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| ''Brainwaves'' || 1973 || || ||<ref>{{cite book|last1=Merkin|first1=Ros|title=Liverpool Playhouse: A Theatre and Its City|date=2011|publisher=Liverpool University Press|isbn=9781846317477|page=111}}</ref> |
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| ''A Big Treatise in Store'' || 1979 || || || |
| ''A Big Treatise in Store'' || 1979 || || ||<ref>{{cite journal|title=Around Town|journal=New York|date=5 November 1979|volume=12|issue=43|page=18}}</ref> |
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| ''Metaphysics and Strip'' || 1981 || || || |
| ''Metaphysics and Strip'' || 1981 || || ||<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chaillet|first1=Ned|title=The Times critics' guide to the week's entertainment.|issue=60952|work=The Times|date=12 June 1981|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=lancs&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS168003788&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|accessdate=1 March 2015|location=London, England|page=10}}</ref> |
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| ''Opium Eater'' || 1984<br />1985<br />1993 || BBC Radio 3<br />BBC Radio 3<br />BBC Two England || || |
| ''Opium Eater'' || 1984<br />1985<br />1993 || BBC Radio 3<br />BBC Radio 3<br />BBC Two England || ||<ref name=Second>{{cite news|first=Neil|last=Cooper|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/stage-visual-arts/second-helpings-at-last-1.1054854|title=Second helpings at last|work=The Herald Scotland|date=14 September 2010|accessdate=25 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=BBC Two England:Encounters|journal=Radio Times|date=15 July 1993|issue=3628|page=54|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e0f50ad1a35f4bef9f22915a1f8da66e|accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Opium Eater:BBC Radio 3|journal=Radio Times|date=18 April 1985|issue=3205|page=60|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/4319d2536e094c54b3f884389376c1ad|accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref> |
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| ''Boys in the Backroom'' || 1983 || || Part of the Salamander Press ''The [[Traverse Theatre|Traverse]] Plays'' series ||<ref name=Traverse>{{cite news|last1=Shirley|first1=Don|title=The Boys in the Back Room|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-01-30-ca-1635-story.html|access-date=19 January 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|date=13 January 1987}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Finkelstein|first1=David|last2=Mc Cleery|first2=Alistair|title=The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, Volume 4: Professionalism and Diversity 1880–2000|date=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780748628841|page=62}}</ref> |
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| ''Hello Dali'' || 1984 || || || |
| ''Hello Dali'' || 1984 || || ||<ref name=Dink>{{cite news|url=http://www.broadwaybaby.com/search.php?t=8&q=Andrew+Dallmeyer|title=Andrew Dallmeyer's Fringe First Award-winning exploration|publisher=Broadwaybaby|date=17 August 2008|accessdate=6 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Meyer-Dinkgräfe|first1=Daniel|title=Biographical Plays about Famous Artists|date=2005|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Press|isbn=9781904303473|page=105}}</ref> |
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| ''The Grand Edinburgh Fire Balloon'' || 1986 || [[Royal Lyceum Theatre]] || || |
| ''The Grand Edinburgh Fire Balloon'' || 1986 || [[Royal Lyceum Theatre]] || ||<ref name=Fowler>{{cite news|last1=Fowler|first1=John|title=The Grand Edinburgh Fire Balloon|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19861013&id=EYJDAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q6UMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3653,2682984|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=The Glasgow Herald|date=13 October 1986|page=4}}</ref><ref name=Peter>{{cite news|last1=Peter|first1=John|title=Arts (Theatre): The king in the country|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0F9258071E002315?p=UKNB|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=Sunday Times|date=19 October 1986}}</ref> |
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| ''A Grand Scam'' || 1989 || || ||<ref>{{cite news|last1=Morrice|first1=Julie|title=Keep it brief and make it unsettling|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/keep-it-brief-and-make-it-unsettling-1.613890|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=The Herald|location=Glasgow|date=31 August 1989}}</ref> |
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| ''Rudolf Hess Glasgow to Glasnost'' || 1990 || || || |
| ''Rudolf Hess Glasgow to Glasnost'' || 1990 || || ||<ref>{{cite news|title=Events – Scotland|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0F9297D30D42C6BF?p=UKNB|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=Sunday Times|date=29 July 1990}}</ref> |
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| ''Virtual Radio'' || 1994 || BBC Radio 4 || || |
| ''Virtual Radio'' || 1994 || BBC Radio 4 || ||<ref>{{cite journal|title=BBC Radio 4 Listings|journal=Radio Times|date=2 August 1994|issue=3681|page=93|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio4/fm/1994-08-02|accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref> |
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| ''Fatwah Patois'' || 1995 || [[Tron Theatre]] || || |
| ''Fatwah Patois'' || 1995 || [[Tron Theatre]] || ||<ref>{{cite news|last1=Black|first1=Ian|title=Theatre check – Stepping Out: Theatre|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0F929F25A94A2CC2?p=UKNB|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=Sunday Times|date=3 December 1995}}</ref> |
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| ''Potted History'' || 1996 || BBC Radio 4 || || |
| ''Potted History'' || 1996 || BBC Radio 4 || ||<ref>{{cite journal|title=BBC Radio 4:Potted History|journal=Radio Times|date=12 December 1996|issue=3803|page=127|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b5848f9a9d614c55819e12c732321e00|accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref> |
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| ''The [[Chic Murray]] Story'' || 1997 || || || |
| ''The [[Chic Murray]] Story'' || 1997 || || ||<ref>{{cite news|last1=Shields|first1=Bob|title=Why being Chic Murray isn't funny any more... – NO JOKE: DOUG HEALY, THE ACTOR WHO HAS MADE A CAREER OUT OF PLAYING HIS HERO, ON HIS CLASH WITH THE SCOTS COMIC'S FAMILY|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/1397F29840113A28?p=UKNB|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=Daily Record|location=Scotland|date=21 January 1999}}</ref> |
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| ''Into the Ether'' || 2000 || BBC Radio 4 || || |
| ''Into the Ether'' || 2000 || BBC Radio 4 || ||<ref>{{cite journal|title=BBC Radio 4 Listings|journal=Radio Times|date=4 December 2000|issue=4006|page=145|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio4/fm/2000-12-04|accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref> |
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| ''Wanted:Dead or Alive'' || 2002 || || || |
| ''Wanted:Dead or Alive'' || 2002 || || ||<ref name=Scotsman>{{cite news|last1=Scotsman|title=Anti-American show on date of atrocity sparks outrage|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/anti-american-show-on-date-of-atrocity-sparks-outrage-1-853535|accessdate=28 February 2015|work=The Scotsman|date=10 September 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/12-2002/bin-ladens-wanted-dead-or-alive-for-etcetera-xmas_26946.html |title=Bin Laden's Wanted Dead or Alive for Etcetera Xmas |publisher=Whats on Stage |date=6 December 2002 |accessdate=6 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223025347/http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/12-2002/bin-ladens-wanted-dead-or-alive-for-etcetera-xmas_26946.html |archivedate=23 February 2015 }}</ref> |
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| ''Playing a Blinder'' || 2002 || BBC Radio 4 || || |
| ''Playing a Blinder'' || 2002 || BBC Radio 4 || ||<ref name=McBurnie>{{cite news|last1=McBurnie|first1=John|title=Classic match: Hibs v Hearts, New Year’s Day 1940|url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/latest/classic-match-hibs-v-hearts-new-year-s-day-1940-1-3253045|accessdate=24 February 2015|work=The Scotsman|date=1 January 2014}}</ref> |
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| ''The Ordeal of Alfred M Hale'' || 2003 || BBC Radio 4 || || |
| ''The Ordeal of Alfred M Hale'' || 2003 || BBC Radio 4 || ||<ref>{{cite journal|title=Afternoon Play: The Ordeal of Alfred M Hale|journal=Radio Times|date=25 September 2003|issue=4150|page=141|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/16f57278a8a844e58949be643d5c7aa1|accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Daoust|first1=Phil|title=The Guardian: G2: Tuesday: Radio: Pick of the day|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0FDEA98BB72A6F06?p=UKNB|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=The Guardian|date=30 September 2003}}</ref> |
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| ''Burns Supper'' || 2007 || || || |
| ''Burns Supper'' || 2007 || || ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Background|url=http://www.burns-supper.co.uk/background.html|website=Burns Supper|accessdate=28 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402162826/http://www.burns-supper.co.uk/background.html|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> |
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| ''The Battle of Pots and Pans'' || 2008 || || ||<ref name=Lothian/> |
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| ''Too Clever By Half'' || 2009 || || ||<ref>{{cite news|last1=McMillan|first1=Joyce|title=Theatre Reviews: Dramatic, atomic|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/127C55746B5D3DF8?p=UKNB|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=The Scotsman|date=23 April 2009}}</ref> |
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| ''Thank God for John Muir'' || 2011 || || || |
| ''Thank God for John Muir'' || 2011 || || ||<ref name=Muir/> |
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| ''The Mother of All Burns'' || 2014 || [[Scottish Storytelling Centre]] || || |
| ''The Mother of All Burns'' || 2014 || [[Scottish Storytelling Centre]] || ||<ref>{{cite news|title=Burns Night events in the Capital|url=http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/life-style/burns-night-events-in-the-capital-1-3273219|accessdate=24 February 2015|work=Edinburgh Evening News|date=18 January 2014}}</ref> |
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| ''[[Miss Julie]]'' || 2012 || Vagabond Productions || || |
| ''[[Miss Julie]]'' || 2012 || Vagabond Productions || ||<ref name=Julie>{{cite web|last1=Brown|first1=Irene|title=Miss Julie Review|url=http://www.edinburghguide.com/festival/2012/theatre/drama/missjuliereview-11173|website=Edinburgh Guide|accessdate=24 February 2015|date=13 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224144602/http://www.edinburghguide.com/festival/2012/theatre/drama/missjuliereview-11173|archive-date=24 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| ''The Watchers on the Shore'' || 1971 || BBC Radio 4 || || |
| ''The Watchers on the Shore'' || 1971 || BBC Radio 4 || ||<ref>{{cite journal|title=BBC Radio 4: Saturday-Night Theatre|journal=Radio Times|date=16 September 1971|issue=2497|page=19|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/eba8b92b877f415f8bb2ae96733e04de|accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref> |
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| ''Old Alliances'' || 1986 || BBC Radio 4 || || |
| ''Old Alliances'' || 1986 || BBC Radio 4 || ||<ref>{{cite journal|title=BBC Radio 4: The afternoon play|journal=Radio Times|date=30 January 1986|issue=3245|page=65|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/781fdd6b24eb46ffb6bcb42f2787b116|accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref> |
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| ''[[Tartuffe]] || 1986 || [[Royal Lyceum Theatre]] || || |
| ''[[Tartuffe]]'' || 1986 || [[Royal Lyceum Theatre]] || ||<ref>{{cite news|last1=Brennan|first1=Mary|title=Tartuffe|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19860125&id=5f89AAAAIBAJ&sjid=f0kMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2072,5143739|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=The Glasgow Herald|date=25 January 1986|page=27}}</ref> |
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| ''Foreigners'' || 1987 || BBC Radio 4 || || |
| ''Foreigners'' || 1987 || BBC Radio 4 || ||<ref>{{cite journal|title=BBC Radio 4: The afternoon play|journal=Radio Times|date=2 July 1987|issue=3319|page=67|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6034b740b2524bceb765f0069f19013b|accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref> |
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| ''City Lights'' || 1988 || BBC Two England || || |
| ''City Lights'' || 1988 || BBC Two England || ||<ref>{{cite journal|title=BBC 2: City Lights|journal=Radio Times|date=4 February 1988|issue=3349|page=49|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/394d23ff449c4702a636dbae135660cc|accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref> |
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| ''A Man Flourishing'' || 1988 || BBC Radio 4 || || |
| ''A Man Flourishing'' || 1988 || BBC Radio 4 || ||<ref>{{cite journal|title=BBC Radio 4: Saturday-Night Theatre|journal=Radio Times|date=6 October 1988|issue=3384|page=35|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/cdd2523f15a74459ab92f02cf84bddc7|accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref> |
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| ''Shadow on the Earth'' || 1988 || BBC Two England || || |
| ''Shadow on the Earth'' || 1988 || BBC Two England || ||<ref>{{cite journal|title=BBC 2: Screen Two: Shadow on the Earth|journal=Radio Times|date=10 March 1988|issue=3354|page=31|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/890546cb51344570ac87cdd1c0075213|accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref> |
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| ''The Tales of Para Handy'' || 1994 || BBC One London || || |
| ''The Tales of Para Handy'' || 1994 || BBC One London || ||<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Tales of Para Handy|journal=Radio Times|date=18 August 1994|issue=3684|page=48|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/cb74687e63a4485ea66f452698c19481|accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref> |
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| ''Bad Boys'' || 1996 || BBC One London || || |
| ''Bad Boys'' || 1996 || BBC One London || ||<ref>{{cite journal|title=Bad Boys|journal=Radio Times|date=6 June 1996|issue=3776|page=104|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/43e90047672e485da92c48fa20efe65b|accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref> |
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| ''The Secret Commonwealth'' || 1996 || BBC Radio 3 || || |
| ''The Secret Commonwealth'' || 1996 || BBC Radio 3 || ||<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Sunday Play: The Secret Commonwealth|journal=Radio Times|date=2 May 1996|issue=3771|page=106|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/78ecfa34d9ce44adbe8b0e22ad198aef|accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref> |
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| ''[[Rab C Nesbitt]]'' || 1997<br />1998<br />2011 || BBC Two || || |
| ''[[Rab C Nesbitt]]'' || 1997<br />1998<br />2011 || BBC Two || ||<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC Two: Rab C Nesbitt: Binge – Series 6 – Episode 6 of 6|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00fz4zn|publisher=BBC Two|accessdate=28 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=BBC Two: Rab C Nesbitt: Back – Series 7 – Episode 6 of 6|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00fz52k|publisher=BBC Two|accessdate=28 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=BBC Two: Rab C Nesbitt: The Games Room – Series 10|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00lj7v8|publisher=BBC Two|accessdate=28 February 2015}}</ref> |
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| ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' || 2003 || [[The Arches (Glasgow)]] || || |
| ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' || 2003 || [[The Arches (Glasgow)]] || ||<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dawson Scott|first1=Robert|title=Waiting for Godot|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0FE42F0C2D020FEC?p=UKNB|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=The Times|date=17 October 2003}}</ref> |
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| ''[[Krapp's Last Tape]]'' || 2005 || [[The Arches (Glasgow)]] || As part of ''The Basement Tapes'' || |
| ''[[Krapp's Last Tape]]'' || 2005 || [[The Arches (Glasgow)]] || As part of ''The Basement Tapes'' ||<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fisher|first1=Mark|title=Reviews: Theatre: Death beckons twice in Glasgow|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/1089C2A319A114DF?p=UKNB|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=The Guardian|date=2 March 2005}}</ref> |
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| ''[[Eliza Graves|''Stonehurst Asylum'' (''Eliza Graves'')]]'' || 2014 || || || |
| ''[[Eliza Graves|''Stonehurst Asylum'' (''Eliza Graves'')]]'' || 2014 || || ||<ref>{{cite news|title=Stonehearst Asylum (2014):Acting Credits|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/426002/Stonehearst-Asylum/cast|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224143721/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/426002/Stonehearst-Asylum/cast|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 February 2015|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|publisher=[[Baseline (database)|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]]|date=2015|accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref> |
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Andrew Dallmeyer | |
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Born | St Boswells, Eildon Hills, Scotland | 10 January 1945
Died | 21 May 2017 | (aged 72)
Occupation | Actor, director, playwright |
Education | Webber Douglas School of Singing and Dramatic Art, London |
Notable works | Opium Eater, Hello Dali, Wanted:Dead or Alive, Boys In The Backroom |
Website | |
andrewdallmeyer |
Andrew Dallmeyer (10 January 1945 – 21 May 2017) was a Scottish playwright, theatre director and actor. He wrote over 75 plays, including the Opium Eater and directed more than 50 productions. His plays have won a number of awards, including a Scottish BAFTA, and they have been played on BBC Radio.
Some of Dallmeyer's plays have been considered controversial, for example Wanted: Dead or Alive which focused on Osama bin Laden's motives and was released on the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Some of his other plays celebrate the life and works of historical figures such as John Muir and Salvador Dalí. As an actor, Dallmeyer had a recurring role in Scottish cult comedy, Rab C. Nesbitt.
Early life
[edit]Dallmeyer was born on 10 January 1945 in St Boswells in Roxburghshire, Scotland. He spent most of his childhood in Aberlady, East Lothian where he was a keen Hibernian F.C. supporter (later inspiring his interest to write Playing a Blinder). Dallmeyer learnt drama at the Webber Douglas School of Singing and Dramatic Art, London. His father served in the British Army during the Second World War and was twice awarded the Distinguished Service Order.[1]
Career
[edit]"Sometimes people tell me I'll be successful when I'm dead, but I believe if you write something worthwhile it will survive. But writing is something I've always done because I have to get something out there."
Dallmeyer, described as a veteran actor and playwright,[3] began his theatre work in the 1960s as an actor in Bristol Old Vic and Nottingham Playhouse performances. At the age of 26 he was the artistic director at Liverpool Playhouse, although he didn't enjoy it and instead wanted to focus on writing his own plays.[2] He subsequently directed many productions at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, Sheffield Crucible, Dundee Rep, Leeds Playhouse and several more.[1]
As a playwright, Dallmeyer has written over 75 plays despite admitting he is unable to type[2] and has directed over 50 productions.[4] He was commissioned by the Baron of Prestongrange and has written a number of plays for him. He won three Fringe First awards as well as a BAFTA Scotland Award for the Best Radio Play of 1985 in Scotland.[2][4][5][6] In 1982, The Times pointed out that he was able to put on three separate successful Fringe shows each year.[7] Much of Dallmeyer's work has not been published or put into print and therefore he holds the only copy of many plays.[8]
1980s
[edit]The Opium Eater, based on Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey,[4] has had more than a dozen performances across the United Kingdom.[9] The play was published by Capercaillie Books,[10][11] made into a television production (featuring Peter Mullan) and a radio version directed by Stewart Conn.[9] The radio play won a BAFTA award equivalent in 1985.[9] Dallmeyer believes The Opium Eater is somewhat autobiographical in nature as it is about a writer trying to find inspiration. He went on to state that "I don't think I'm that neurotic. I'm quite steady, really, mentally. You have to be in this job."[2] Martin Cropper reviewed the show in The Times as one of the best he had seen at a fringe theatre.[12] The Opium Eater won awards and was adapted for radio.[12]
The Boys in the Backroom was part of a series of plays, produced by Salamander Press, called The Traverse Plays. The plays were written in celebration of Scottish playwrights and Dallmeyer's play was fifth in the series.[13] The play was performed in theatres across America covering 10 cities including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Pittsburgh.[1] It was reviewed in The Times as a conspiracy story which "markets its paranoia through outsize performances".[14] Following a performance in Los Angeles in 1987 it reviewed by the Los Angeles Times as "sophomoric and forgettable."[13] It has also been performed by students at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.[2]
His one-man show, titled Hello Dali, based on artist Salvador Dalí[15] won a Fringe First award and has previously starred Sylvester McCoy[16] and Neil Cunningham. It has been performed in many countries including: Scotland, England, United States, Belgium, Spain, France, and the Netherlands. The play was described as a "scatological, emotional and artistic biography".[7]
In 1986, Dallmeyer wrote The Grand Edinburgh Fire Balloon as a piece of commissioned work for the Royal Lyceum Theatre.[17] Based on the story of the first man to fly in Britain; James Tytler was a pioneer with the development of the hot air balloon.[18] Despite the Lyceum being praised for commissioning a new play with regional importance[18][19] the play itself received some poor feedback. The Times reporter Sarah Hemmings viewed the play to be "rather monotonous" and "static", though she also said that the "Scenes that do take off are fascinating."[18] John Peter of the Sunday Times reported that the acting was below standard.[19]
2000s
[edit]Dallmeyer wrote and performed in his controversial 50-minute one-man play,[20][21] Wanted Dead or Alive, in which Osama bin Laden is Santa Claus in a shopping mall. It was released on the first September 11th attacks anniversary and attempts to explain possible reasons for Osama bin Laden's anger towards America.[20][22] The performance prompted complaints from the US consulate and Dallmeyer received death threats and abusive phone calls. There were calls from Scottish Parliament member, Brian Monteith, to boycott the performance.[22][23] Dallmeyer defended the play, stating "I am not trying to create a sensation; it is just that I feel the piece is strong".[23] The play featured "strongly anti-American sentiments and condemns United States foreign policy"[22] and despite the backlash Dallmeyer has performed it over 100 times.[21]
His stage play, Playing a Blinder, which attempted to re-create the 1940 Edinburgh Derby's New Year's Day match, in which the commentator improvised what was happening on the pitch due to severe fog, was aired in 2002 on BBC Radio 4.[24][25][26] The cast included Andy Gray and Gavin Mitchell.[27] The play took Dallmeyer two years to create[25] and due to their being no recordings of the event he had to "imagine how it might have sounded".[24]
Dallmeyer wrote the musical Burns Supper, in collaboration with composer David Todd, inspired by the bard Robert Burns. They then donated the script to schools around the country and a competition was held, in conjunction with charity 'First Scottish Film Features', to find the best school performance. Some of the work was then presented at the Fringe festival.[28]
2010s
[edit]Dallmeyer wrote the play Thank God for John Muir based on the life of John Muir[29][30] and specifically based on the period in Muir's life when an industrial accident left him blind.[31] It was reviewed in 2011 as an "emotional and sensory journey", yet Alan Chadwick, from The Herald, described it as "too static" and the ending was "underwhelming".[32] The play was scheduled to be a part of the 2015 John Muir celebrations in East Lothian.[33]
Plays written by Dallmeyer
[edit]"True theatre cannot be institutionalized. It is rough, outlaw, dangerous, rabid, and might just bite. Like the Fringe. It sprawls uncontrollably. It needs a trim."
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Brainwaves | 1973 | [35] | ||
A Big Treatise in Store | 1979 | [36] | ||
Metaphysics and Strip | 1981 | [37] | ||
Opium Eater | 1984 1985 1993 |
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Boys in the Backroom | 1983 | Part of the Salamander Press The Traverse Plays series | [13][40] | |
Hello Dali | 1984 | [15][41] | ||
The Grand Edinburgh Fire Balloon | 1986 | Royal Lyceum Theatre | [17][19] | |
A Grand Scam | 1989 | [42] | ||
Rudolf Hess Glasgow to Glasnost | 1990 | [43] | ||
Virtual Radio | 1994 | BBC Radio 4 | [44] | |
Fatwah Patois | 1995 | Tron Theatre | [45] | |
Potted History | 1996 | BBC Radio 4 | [46] | |
The Chic Murray Story | 1997 | [47] | ||
Into the Ether | 2000 | BBC Radio 4 | [48] | |
Wanted:Dead or Alive | 2002 | [22][49] | ||
Playing a Blinder | 2002 | BBC Radio 4 | [25] | |
The Ordeal of Alfred M Hale | 2003 | BBC Radio 4 | [50][51] | |
Burns Supper | 2007 | [52] | ||
The Battle of Pots and Pans | 2008 | [21] | ||
Colonel Gardiner: Vice and Virtue | 2009 | [6] | ||
Too Clever By Half | 2009 | [53] | ||
Thank God for John Muir | 2011 | [30] | ||
The Mother of All Burns | 2014 | Scottish Storytelling Centre | [54] |
Plays directed by Dallmeyer
[edit]Title | Year | Broadcaster | Notes | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
Miss Julie | 2012 | Vagabond Productions | [5] |
Acting roles
[edit]Title | Year | Broadcaster | Notes | References |
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The Watchers on the Shore | 1971 | BBC Radio 4 | [55] | |
Old Alliances | 1986 | BBC Radio 4 | [56] | |
Tartuffe | 1986 | Royal Lyceum Theatre | [57] | |
Foreigners | 1987 | BBC Radio 4 | [58] | |
City Lights | 1988 | BBC Two England | [59] | |
A Man Flourishing | 1988 | BBC Radio 4 | [60] | |
Shadow on the Earth | 1988 | BBC Two England | [61] | |
The Tales of Para Handy | 1994 | BBC One London | [62] | |
Bad Boys | 1996 | BBC One London | [63] | |
The Secret Commonwealth | 1996 | BBC Radio 3 | [64] | |
Rab C Nesbitt | 1997 1998 2011 |
BBC Two | [65][66][67] | |
Waiting for Godot | 2003 | The Arches (Glasgow) | [68] | |
Krapp's Last Tape | 2005 | The Arches (Glasgow) | As part of The Basement Tapes | [69] |
Stonehurst Asylum (Eliza Graves) | 2014 | [70] |
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