Charles Dyer (playwright)

Charles Raymond Dyer (7 July 1928 – 23 January 2021) was an English playwright, actor and screenwriter.

Life and career[]

His first appearance was in 1948, at the Whitehall Theatre. His first play "Who On Earth", was published in 1953.^[1]

He died in January 2021 at the age of 92.^[2]

Theater[]

• 1948: Clubs Are Sometimes Trumps
• 1951: Who on Earth?
• 1953: Turtle in the Soup
• 1954: Jovial Parasite
• 1955: Single Ticket to Mars
• 1956: Wanted, One Body!
• 1956: Time, Murderer, Please
• 1957: Poison in Jest
• 1959: Prelude to Fury
• 1960: Red Cabbage and Kings
• 1962: La Crécelle (Rattle of a Simple Man)
• 1964: Gorillas Drink Milk
• 1966: L'Escalier (Staircase), an adaptation of which in France will inspire Jean Poiret, La Cage aux Folles, in a comic version
• 1971: Mother Adam
• 1975: A Hot Godly Wind
• 1980: Futility Rites
• 1983: Lovers Dancing

Filmography[]

Scriptwriter

• 1964: Rattle of a Simple Man from Muriel Box
• 1969: The Staircase (Staircase) by Stanley Donen, adapted from his own play by theater above, and therefore at the origin of the comedy by Jean Poiret
• 1974: (TV) by

Actor

• 1964: Rattle of a Simple Man from Muriel Box: Chalky
• 1964: (TV)
• 1965: (The Knack ... and How to Get It) by Richard Lester: The man in the photo booth
• 1967: (How I Won the War) by Richard Lester: The man in the pants

References[]

External links[]

• Charles Dyer at IMDb
• The Playwrights Database Archived 2017-06-26 at the Wayback Machine