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Nick Perry (writer)

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Nick Perry is a British playwright and screenwriter. He is a graduate of the University of Hull and the National Film and Television School. His first play Arrivederci Millwall was produced by The Combination at The Albany Empire, Deptford in 1985 and jointly won the Samuel Beckett Award. Smallholdings was first performed at the King's Head Theatre in 1986 and The Vinegar Fly at the Soho Poly in 1988. Near Cricket St Thomas, 1919 was directed by Alan Ayckbourn at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough in 1997. An Illustrated Talk was performed at the New Theatre, Sydney as part of the 2008 Short and Sweet festival.

Perry's first radio play The Loop was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009 and won a Sony Radio Academy bronze award.[1] Andrew Scott was named Best Supporting Actor at the inaugural BBC Audio Drama awards in 2012 for his performance in Perry's radio play, Referee.[2][3] In 2022, London Particular was shortlisted for the Best Original Series or Serial award.[4]

Filmography

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Plays

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  • Mamma (1982)
  • Kind (1983)
  • Arrivederci Millwall (1985)
  • Smallholdings (1986)
  • The Vinegar Fly (1988)
  • Near Cricket St Thomas, 1919 (1997)
  • An Illustrated Talk (2008)
  • Moll Flanders (2018)

Television

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Radio

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References

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  1. ^ "Sony Radio Academy Awards | 2010 | Best Drama". Archived from the original on 13 April 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  2. ^ The winners of the first BBC Audio Drama Awards
  3. ^ The winners of the first BBC Audio Drama Awards
  4. ^ BBC Audio Drama Awards 2022 The Finalists
  • Discussion of Arrivederci Millwall in Political Violence in Drama: Classical Models, Contemporary Variations by Mary Karen Dahl. Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1987 (ISBN 978-0835717540)
  • Arrivederci Millwall and Smallholdings by Nick Perry. Faber and Faber, 1987. (ISBN 978-0571147748)
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