Charles Barron (playwright)

Charles Aitken Barron (11 January 1936 - 28 April 2012) was a Scottish writer,[1] playwright,[2][3][4] teacher and lecturer.[5] He wrote primarily in Doric (Dialect from the North East, derived from old Scots.)[6]

Early life and education

Barron was Born in Aberdeen, Scotland.[7] He attended Robert Gordon's College.[8]

Career

Barron's play "Fooshion", won the 'Total Oil Scottish Playwright’s Award'. Also, his play "Amang the Craws" won the 'Doric Festival Playwriting Award' as well as being used by Learning & Teaching Scotland for use by Higher English/Drama candidates throughout Scotland. His plays have been used/performed by Edinburgh Theatre Workshop, Annexe Theatre of Glasgow, Dragon Productions of Glasgow,[9] Pitlochry Theatre, Haddo House and Fleeman Productions of Aberdeen. However, he has not only written plays, his son-et-lumieres have been performed at sites all over Scotland.

Charles Barron died on 28 April 2012 at the age of 76. After a two-day stint in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary he died due to pancreatitis leading to multi-organ failure. Aberdeen Universary and Fleeman Productions have offered three prizes in his name for plays written in Doric.[10]

References

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  1. ↑ Irish University Review. Irish University Press. 2002. p. 168.
  2. ↑ Robbie Shepherd (2006). Robbie Shepherd's Doric Columns. Birlinn, Limited. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-84158-524-6.
  3. ↑ Sandy Hobbs; Willie Thompson (25 May 2011). Out of the Burning House: Political Socialization in the Age of Affluence. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 48–. ISBN 978-1-4438-3047-8.
  4. ↑ London Theatre Record. I. Herbert. 1989. p. 16.
  5. ↑ Edi Swan (2006). His Majesty's Theatre: One Hundred Years of Glorious Damnation. Black & White Pub. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-84502-102-3.
  6. ↑ Lindsay, Morag (4 May 2012). "Remarkable legacy of leading Scotish playwright". Press and Journal.
  7. ↑ Shaw, Alison. "Obituary: Charles Barron, inspirational teacher had great love of the theatre". Scotsman. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  8. ↑ "Charles Barron". tes.co.uk.
  9. ↑ "Dragon Theatre Company Netherbow". Theatre Record. I. Herbert. 1992. p. 1266.
  10. ↑ "Doric playwrights offered £1000 prize". scotsman.com.
  11. ↑ "New prize for plays written in Doric". abdn.ac.uk.
  12. ↑ "Charles Barron". Herald Scotland.

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