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Terence Greer

TERENCE GREER

  (1929 - 2016)
Nationality:    British
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Born in England (Surbiton-SW London), Terence Greer studied at Twickenham School of Art, joined the RAF in 1947, then studied at the Royal Academy School. 1950s-1980s he was represented by Saxon Artist Agents as a playwright (plays premiered in London) & illustrator (for The Economist & Radio Times magazines, book covers, etc). He later focused on painting while living in Australia then Canada (Vancouver-his home since the mid 1990s). His works were exhibited at the V&A and Ashmolean museums

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

         Ballroom         Get Off My Back         Lay Figure, The         Nobody Knew they Were there         Ripper !
Ballroom

Synopsis:
Satirising the spiritual death of one of the millions of suburban families who did not resist the new cultural and economic fascism of the 1930's

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Get Off My Back

Synopsis:
Struggles in the London Docks from the fourteenth century to 1970

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Written by Terry Greer; Brian Phelan and Johnnie Quarrel

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Half Moon Theatre, London     18 Nov 1973

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Lay Figure, The

Synopsis:
a man doomed only to communicate with prospective wives/whores by means of mathematics, is finally 'possessed' by an inanimate artist's figure.

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Mountview Theatre, London     1976

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Nobody Knew they Were there

Synopsis:
Three geriatric ladies, trapped in an isolation ward, reminisce, squabble and try to dominate each other as they attempt to re-live their pasts. Often cruelly apt and very funny.

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Ripper !

Synopsis:
a recreation of the 'murders' set in the social and political climate of the period and an analysis of east end conditions and exploitation of workers in the 1880's

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Half Moon, London     1973

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