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Archie Hind

ARCHIE HIND

  (1928 - 2008)
Nationality:    Scottish
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archie Hind was born in Glasgow on June 3rd 1928. His father was a violent alcoholic - beating both his son and wife. archie was forced to leave school early to get money for his father's drinking habit. In World War Two he was called up and served in the Medical Corps in Singapore and Ceylon. after the War he decided to become a writer and was accepted into Newbattle Abbey College. He married eleanor Swain and they were together for 56 years until his death. they had two daughters and three sons - though one son Gavin died in a car crash when he was 21. archie died from cancer on February 21st 2008

Research:    Scottish theatre archive: http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/STa/search/detailp.cfm?NID=20938&RID=&eID=&DID=&aID=

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below is a list of Archie Hind's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Ferr Fun         I Am A Cabaret         Playing For Keeps         Rag Time         Ragged Tousered Philanthropists, The         Saint Valentine's Day Show, The

Ferr Fun

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Close Theatre Club , Glasgow    

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Clyde Fair International , Glasgow

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I Am A Cabaret

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1st Produced:
Close Theatre Club , Glasgow     16 Mar 1973

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Genre:
One-man musical divertissement

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Playing For Keeps

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Birds Of Paradise Theatre Company     1998

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Play/Drama

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Rag Time

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1st Produced:
Tag Glasgow    

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Strathclyde Theatre Group

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Ragged Tousered Philanthropists, The

Synopsis:
Robert Tressell' classic novel about the labour movement filled with hope and humour transferred to the stage

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Scottish version.

1st Produced:
Citizens' Theatre Glasgow     08 May 1984

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7:84 Theatre Company

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Genre:
adaptation

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Male:  7            Female:  1            Other:  -

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National Library of Scotland ref: 7:84 (Scotland) Theatre Company - acc.10893/149-152

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Saint Valentine's Day Show, The

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1st Produced:
Tag Theare Company     1979

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