Richard Cameron – Playwright

President Denise Houghton welcomed forty members and six guests to the meeting on November 16th at Tennants Garden Rooms.

Following lunch our speaker Richard Cameron, introduced himself as someone who “tells stories for a living”. In his career as a drama teacher in a South Yorkshire secondary school in the 1970’s, Richard starting writing plays for his students as there was nothing relevant that the kids could relate to. Richard’s fundamental principle to writing a good story is knowing the characters and the place intimately, otherwise the story does not come across as authentic. Richard wrote several plays for his students which won National Playwright Awards. After teaching for sixteen years, Richard wrote for theatre, television and radio, and won the Dennis Potter Award in 1997 for his television play “Stone, Scissors, Paper”. Richard has written several critically acclaimed stage plays, including “The Glee Club”, which transferred to the West End. His play “Pond Life” was made into a film in 2018. The vote of thanks was given by Anne Day.

The next meeting is on December 21st when we will be entertained by Rodney’s Ukulele Band. New members are always very welcome, as are guests.

 

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