• David Campton (2 May 1924 – 9 September 2006) was a prolific British dramatist who wrote plays for the stage, radio, and cinema for thirty-five years...
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  • on the subtitle of The Lunatic View: A Comedy of Menace (1958), by David Campton, is a jocular play-on-words derived from the "comedy of manners" (menace...
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  • Comedy of menace is the body of plays written by David Campton, Nigel Dennis, N. F. Simpson, and Harold Pinter. The term was coined by drama critic Irving...
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    William Wycherley and William Congreve Comedy of menace, as practiced by David Campton and Harold Pinter comédie larmoyante or 'tearful comedy', as practiced...
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  • Pink Floyd, a Pink Floyd tribute album Us and Them, a one-act play by David Campton Us and Them (film), a 2018 Chinese drama film Us vs. them (website)...
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    William Wycherley and William Congreve Comedy of menace, as practiced by David Campton and Harold Pinter comédie larmoyante or 'tearful comedy', as practiced...
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    include Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, N. F. Simpson, James Saunders, and David Campton; in the United States, Edward Albee, Sam Shepard, Jack Gelber, and John...
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  • George Spenton-Foster 11 October 1965 Yes 103 “Stranger in the Family” David Campton n/a Alan Bridges 18 October 1965 Yes 104 “The Dead Past” Isaac Asimov...
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  • and Crime Commissioner 2014–present (1954–61) David Campton, dramatist (1935–42) Air Vice-Marshal David Carnegie CB CBE AFC, Station Commander from 1938...
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  • Butterfly" by William Abney. 15 "Stranger in the Family" Peter Duffell David Campton January 16, 1969 (1969-01-16) A boy can control people; this sometimes...
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  • Menace, by David Campton, in 1958 reviews of productions of Campton's play and of The Birthday Party, by Harold Pinter, applying Campton's subtitle to...
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  • Camoletti (1923–2003, France) Bartley Campbell (1843–1888, United States) David Campton (1924–2006, England) Albert Camus (1913–1961, France) Hall Caine (1853–1931...
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  • Genre Language Instruction / Science Fiction Written by John Wiles David Campton Brian Hayles Ray Jenkins Starring Simon Williams Allan Lee Juliet Harmer...
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  • Kidd Firstborn (1981), by David Campton Luna (1981), by G. W. Perriwils Mind (1980), by Les Freeman Competition (1981), by David Clayton Carrad Egnaro (1981)...
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    Harold Pinter (category David Cohen Prize recipients)
    from the subtitle of The Lunatic View: A Comedy of Menace, a play by David Campton, critic Irving Wardle called Pinter's early plays "comedy of menace"—a...
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  • he played Mr. Hepton in dramatist David Turner's Fresh as Paint and the policeman in One Fight More by David Campton and Stephen Joseph. The following...
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    dramatist and playwright David Campton was a resident of Liberty Road, Glenfield up until his death in 2006. Footballers David Nugent and Chris Wood lived...
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  • original stories were also commissioned, "Stranger in the Family" by David Campton and "Come Buttercup, Come Daisy, Come...?" by Mike Watts. Among those...
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  • was born on August 19, 1999, in Campton Hills, Illinois, the only child of Yvonne Cabrera Cutkosky, a teacher, and David Cutkosky, a computer software engineer...
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  • a United States television program Now and Then, a one-act play by David Campton Now and Then (Joseph Heller book), a 1998 memoir by Joseph Heller Now...
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    (children's writer) Anna Barbauld (writer and poet) Julian Barnes (author) David Campton (playwright, actor) John Cleveland (poet) Thomas Cooper (poet) J. T...
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  • Graham Swannell) ( ) Crossmichael Drama Club (Can You Hear the Music by David Campton) ( ) , , 1988  SCO Old Grammarians ADS Players Theatre, Skelmersdale...
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  • Fried (1923–2009) John Mortimer (1924–1995) Robert Bolt (1924–2006) David Campton (1924-2009) Royce Ryton (1925–1994) Alun Owen (1926–1999) Jim Allen...
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  • Gerard Glaister Script Bill Naughton Story associate Sheila Hodgson David Campton Designer Richard Wilmot Megs Turner Nancy Nevinson Gwyneth Turner Gillian...
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  • Tree Miriam Young – Miss Suzy Ama Ata Aidoo – The Dilemma of a Ghost David Campton – Dead and Alive William Douglas Home – The Reluctant Peer Brian Friel...
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  • written) he has been compared with Philip Johnson (playwright) and David Campton, and has been remarked on for his stylistic breadth and variety of subject...
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  • among them Michael Elliott, Peter Cheeseman, Keith Waterhouse, David Campton, David Rudkin and Alan Ayckbourn. George served as the Crucible’s Artistic...
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    Townsend and Rod Thompson Little Brother, Little Sister (1981), written by David Campton The Ghost of Daniel Lambert (1981), written by Sue Townsend Captain...
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    village of Campton, Shefford, Bedfordshire, England. Its official title is Campton and Chicksands Parish and encompasses the villages of Campton and Chicksands...
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  • writers like Charlotte and Denis Plimmer (The Chequers Manoeuvre, 1968), David Rudkin (Bypass, 1972, and Atrocity, 1973) and Jack Rosenthal (And for My...
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