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David Mercer


Born
in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, The United Kingdom
June 27, 1928

Died
August 08, 1980

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David Mercer was an English dramatist.

Mercer failed to get into grammar school and left secondary school at 14, to get a job in a hospital laboratory. When he was 17 he joined the Royal Navy, which he left at 20 to attend the Durham University where he studied science. Later he began studying art in Newcastle, and at this time he started to write short stories.

He married a Czech woman and moved to Paris. When the marriage broke up he returned to England, began to write a novel and submerged in a deep depression.

In the 1960's he became a well known theatre and television writer. When he married an Israeli woman, he moved to Israel and his fame faded away.
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Flint

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A Suitable Case for Treatment

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After Haggerty

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Three Television Comedies (...

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The Bankrupt, and Other Plays

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BELCHER'S LUCK

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The Monster of Karlovy Vary...

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Huggy bear and other plays

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Let's murder Vivaldi,: A play

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