Charles Dyer (playwright)
Charles Raymond Dyer 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.He died in January 2021 at the age of 92.
Theatre
- 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
- 1964: Gorillas Drink Milk
- 1966: Staircase, the French adaptation L'Escalier inspired Jean Poiret to write the comic play La Cage aux Folles
- 1971: Mother Adam
- 1975: A Hot Godly Wind
- 1980: Futility Rites
- 1983: ''Lovers Dancing''
Filmography
;Scriptwriter- 1964: Rattle of a Simple Man directed by Muriel Box
- 1965: The Knack...and How to Get It, directed by Richard Lester
- 1969: Staircase by Stanley Donen, adapted from his own theatre play, and originating the later comedy La Cage aux folles by Jean Poiret
- 1974: La Crécelle by Roger Kahane
- 1964: Rattle of a Simple Man from Muriel Box: Chalky
- 1964: A Christmas Night with the Stars
- 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