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
  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 Scottish 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.
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