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{{Short description|Scottish playwright, theatre director and actor}}
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'''Andrew Dallmeyer''' (10 January 1945 – 21 May 2017) was a Scottish playwright, theatre director and actor. He wrote over 75 plays, including the ''Opium Eater'' and directed more than 50 productions. His plays have won a number of awards, including a Scottish BAFTA, and they have been played on BBC Radio.
 
Some of Dallmeyer's plays have been considered controversial, for example ''Wanted: Dead or Alive'' which focused on [[Osama Binbin Laden]]'s motives and was released on the first anniversary of the [[September 11 attacks]]. Some of his other plays celebrate the life and works of historical figures such as [[John Muir]] and [[Salvador Dalí]]. As an actor, Dallmeyer had a recurring role in Scottish cult comedy, [[Rab C. Nesbitt]].
 
==Early life==
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Dallmeyer, described as a veteran actor and playwright,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ellis|first1=Maureen|title=No Headline|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/137235CDF12446C8?p=UKNB|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=Evening Times|date=9 May 2011}}</ref> began his theatre work in the 1960s as an actor in [[Bristol Old Vic]] and [[Nottingham Playhouse]] performances. At the age of 26 he was the [[artistic director]] at [[Liverpool Playhouse]], although he didn't enjoy it and instead wanted to focus on writing his own plays.<ref name=Second/> He subsequently directed many productions at the [[Traverse Theatre]] in Edinburgh, [[Sheffield Crucible]], [[Dundee Rep]], [[Leeds Playhouse]] and several more.<ref name="HScot">{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/now-a-big-player-in-a-very-big-field-1.163428|title=Now a big player in a very big field|work=The Herald Scotland|date=31 December 2001|accessdate=6 October 2014}}</ref>
 
As a playwright, Dallmeyer has written over 75 plays despite admitting he is unable to type<ref name=Second/> and has directed over 50 productions.<ref name=Caper>{{cite web|title=Opium Eater by Andrew Dallmeyer|url=http://www.capercailliebooks.co.uk/shop/fairplay-press/opium-eater-by-andrew-dallmeyer/|website=Capercaillie Books|accessdate=23 February 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150223180854/http://www.capercailliebooks.co.uk/shop/fairplay-press/opium-eater-by-andrew-dallmeyer/|archive-date=23 February 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He was commissioned by the [[Baron of Prestongrange]] and has written a number of plays for him. He won three Fringe First awards as well as a [[BAFTA Scotland]] Award for the Best Radio Play of 1985 in Scotland.<ref name=Second/><ref name=Caper/><ref name=Julie/><ref name=Courier>{{cite news|title=Six cannons and countless muskets promise epic 'battle' |url=http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/09/17/391954-six-cannons-and-countless-muskets-promise-epic-battle/?mode=print |accessdate=25 February 2015 |work=East Lothian Courier |date=17 September 2009 |deadurlurl-status=yesdead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225122813/http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/09/17/391954-six-cannons-and-countless-muskets-promise-epic-battle/?mode=print |archivedate=25 February 2015 }}</ref> In 1982, ''[[The Times]]'' pointed out that he was able to put on three separate successful Fringe shows each year.<ref name=Ned>{{cite news|last1=Chaillet|first1=Ned|title=Restoration exercise.|accessdate=1 March 2015|issue=61321|work=The Times|date=26 August 1982|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=lancs&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS118065946&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|location=London, England|page=7}}</ref> Much of Dallmeyer's work has not been published or put into print and therefore he holds the only copy of many plays.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cooper|first1=Neil|title=Making a play for the past|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/13421A5054E71AD0?p=UKNB|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=The Herald|date=14 December 2010}}</ref>
 
===1980s===
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''The Boys in the Backroom'' was part of a series of plays, produced by Salamander Press, called The [[Traverse Theatre|Traverse]] Plays. The plays were written in celebration of Scottish playwrights and Dallmeyer's play was fifth in the series.<ref name=Traverse/> The play was performed in theatres across America covering 10 cities including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Pittsburgh.<ref name=HScot/> It was reviewed in ''The Times'' as a conspiracy story which "markets its paranoia through outsize performances".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chaillet|first1=Ned|title=... and authentic revelations on the Fringe too.|accessdate=1 March 2015|issue=61324|work=The Times|date=30 August 1982|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=lancs&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS151620382&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|location=London, England|page=9}}</ref> Following a performance in Los Angeles in 1987 it reviewed by the [[Los Angeles Times]] as "sophomoric and forgettable."<ref name="Traverse"/> It has also been performed by students at the [[Royal Conservatoire of Scotland]].<ref name=Second/>
 
His one-man show, titled ''Hello Dali'', based on artist [[Salvador DaliDalí]]<ref name=Dink/> won a [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe#Awards|Fringe First]] award and has previously starred [[Sylvester McCoy]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Hello Dalí|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/hello-dal-237-1-616752|accessdate=28 February 2015|work=The Scotsman|date=13 August 2002}}</ref> and [[Neil Cunningham]]. It has been performed in many countries including: Scotland, England, United States, Belgium, Spain, France, and the Netherlands. The play was described as a "scatological, emotional and artistic biography".<ref name=Ned/>
 
In 1986, Dallmeyer wrote ''The Grand Edinburgh Fire Balloon'' as a piece of commissioned work for the [[Royal Lyceum Theatre]].<ref name=Fowler/> Based on the story of the first man to fly in Britain; [[James Tytler]] was a pioneer with the development of the [[hot air balloon]].<ref name=Hemmings>{{cite news|last1=Hemmings|first1=Sarah|title=Arts (Theatre): Review of 'Grand Edinburgh Fire Balloon' at the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0F90B4AD9DA10CDA?p=UKNB|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=The Times|date=13 October 1986}}</ref> Despite the Lyceum being praised for commissioning a new play with regional importance<ref name=Hemmings/><ref name=Peter/> the play itself received some poor feedback. ''The Times'' reporter Sarah Hemmings viewed the play to be "rather monotonous" and "static", though she also said that the "Scenes that do take off are fascinating."<ref name=Hemmings/> John Peter of the ''[[Sunday Times]]'' reported that the acting was below standard.<ref name=Peter/>
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===2000s===
 
Dallmeyer wrote and performed in his controversial 50-minute one-man play,<ref name=CNN/><ref name=Lothian/> ''Wanted Dead or Alive'', in which [[Osama bin Laden]] is [[Santa Claus]] in a shopping mall. It was released on the first [[September 11th attacks]] anniversary and attempts to explain possible reasons for Osama bin Laden's anger towards America.<ref name=CNN>{{cite news|last1=Boulden|first1=Jim|title='O-Santa' bin Laden causes a stir|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/12/20/uk.santabinladen/|accessdate=28 February 2015|publisher=CNN|date=20 December 2002}}</ref><ref name=Scotsman/> The performance prompted complaints from the US consulate and Dallmeyer received death threats and abusive phone calls. There were calls from Scottish Parliament member, [[Brian Monteith]], to boycott the performance.<ref name=Scotsman /><ref name=Thorpe>{{cite news|last1=Thorpe|first1=Vanessa|title=Santa Osama arrives cloaked in controversy|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/nov/24/arts.christmas|accessdate=28 February 2015|work=The Guardian|date=24 November 2002}}</ref> Dallmeyer defended the play, stating "I am not trying to create a sensation; it is just that I feel the piece is strong".<ref name=Thorpe/> The play featured "strongly anti-American sentiments and condemns United States foreign policy"<ref name=Scotsman/> and despite the backlash Dallmeyer has performed it over 100 times.<ref name=Lothian>{{cite news|title=Controversial drama makes county debut |url=http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/prestonpans/articles/2008/12/04/31539-controversial-drama-makes-county-sdebut/ |archive-url=https://archive.istoday/20150522001422/http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/prestonpans/articles/2008/12/04/31539-controversial-drama-makes-county-sdebut/ |dead-url-status=yesdead |archive-date=22 May 2015 |accessdate=28 February 2015 |work=East Lothian Courier |date=4 December 2008 }}</ref>
 
His stage play, ''Playing a Blinder'', which attempted to re-create the 1940 [[Edinburgh Derby#New Year derby|Edinburgh Derby's New Year's Day]] match, in which the commentator improvised what was happening on the pitch due to severe fog, was aired in 2002 on BBC Radio 4.<ref name=Talking/><ref name=McBurnie/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Cocchi|first1=Massimiliano|title=The Edinburgh derby that nobody saw|url=http://www.ilpost.it/2015/01/03/hearts-hibernian-1940/|accessdate=25 February 2015|publisher=ILPost|date=3 January 2015|language=Italian}}</ref> The cast included [[Andy Gray (actor)|Andy Gray]] and [[Gavin Mitchell (actor)|Gavin Mitchell]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=McGlone|first1=Jackie|title=I rescued Easter Road from the mists of time...|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0F2B77AA17549719?p=UKNB|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=The Scotsman|date=18 December 2001}}</ref>
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===2010s===
 
Dallmeyer wrote the play ''Thank God for John Muir'' based on the life of [[John Muir]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bruce|first1=Keith|title=Arts News:|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/arts-news.118471443|accessdate=23 February 2015|work=The Herald|location=Glasgow|date=16 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=Muir>{{cite news|title=Theatre review: Thank God for John Muir|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/theatre-review-thank-god-for-john-muir-1-1631025|accessdate=23 February 2015|work=The Scotsman|date=10 May 2011}}</ref> and specifically based on the period in Muir's life when an industrial accident left him blind.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mcmillan|first1=Joyce|title=The Scotsman: Review: Thank God for John Muir|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/1372DEB304D916C0?p=UKNB|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=The Scotsman|date=11 May 2011}}</ref> It was reviewed in 2011 as an "emotional and sensory journey", yet Alan Chadwick, from ''[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]'', described it as "too static" and the ending was "underwhelming".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chadwick|first1=Alan|title=Thank God for John Muir|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/137332E92AC1C148?p=UKNB|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=The Herald|date=12 May 2011}}</ref> The play was scheduled to be a part of the 2015 John Muir celebrations in [[East Lothian]].<ref>{{cite web|title=John Muir 2015 |url=http://www.visiteastlothian.org/johnmuir2015.asp |archive-url=https://archive.istoday/20150223171253/http://www.visiteastlothian.org/johnmuir2015.asp |dead-url-status=yesdead |archive-date=23 February 2015 |website=Visit East Lothian |accessdate=23 February 2015 }}</ref>
 
==Plays written by Dallmeyer==
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| ''Opium Eater'' || 1984<br />1985<br />1993 || BBC Radio 3<br />BBC Radio 3<br />BBC Two England || ||<ref name=Second>{{cite news|first=Neil|last=Cooper|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/stage-visual-arts/second-helpings-at-last-1.1054854|title=Second helpings at last|work=The Herald Scotland|date=14 September 2010|accessdate=25 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=BBC Two England:Encounters|journal=Radio Times|date=15 July 1993|issue=3628|page=54|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e0f50ad1a35f4bef9f22915a1f8da66e|accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Opium Eater:BBC Radio 3|journal=Radio Times|date=18 April 1985|issue=3205|page=60|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/4319d2536e094c54b3f884389376c1ad|accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref>
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| ''Boys in the Backroom'' || 1983 || || Part of the Salamander Press ''The [[Traverse Theatre|Traverse]] Plays'' series ||<ref name=Traverse>{{cite news|last1=Shirley|first1=Don|title=The Boys in the Back Room|url=httphttps://articleswww.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-01-30/entertainment/-ca-1635_1_greenhorns1635-story.html|accessdateaccess-date=19 January 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|date=13 January 1987}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Finkelstein|first1=David|last2=Mc Cleery|first2=Alistair|title=The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, Volume 4: Professionalism and Diversity 1880–2000|date=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780748628841|page=62}}</ref>
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| ''Hello Dali'' || 1984 || || ||<ref name=Dink>{{cite news|url=http://www.broadwaybaby.com/search.php?t=8&q=Andrew+Dallmeyer|title=Andrew Dallmeyer's Fringe First Award-winning exploration|publisher=Broadwaybaby|date=17 August 2008|accessdate=6 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Meyer-Dinkgräfe|first1=Daniel|title=Biographical Plays about Famous Artists|date=2005|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Press|isbn=9781904303473|page=105}}</ref>
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| ''Into the Ether'' || 2000 || BBC Radio 4 || ||<ref>{{cite journal|title=BBC Radio 4 Listings|journal=Radio Times|date=4 December 2000|issue=4006|page=145|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio4/fm/2000-12-04|accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref>
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| ''Wanted:Dead or Alive'' || 2002 || || ||<ref name=Scotsman>{{cite news|last1=Scotsman|title=Anti-American show on date of atrocity sparks outrage|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/anti-american-show-on-date-of-atrocity-sparks-outrage-1-853535|accessdate=28 February 2015|work=The Scotsman|date=10 September 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/12-2002/bin-ladens-wanted-dead-or-alive-for-etcetera-xmas_26946.html |title=Bin Laden's Wanted Dead or Alive for Etcetera Xmas |publisher=Whats on Stage |date=6 December 2002 |accessdate=6 October 2014 |deadurlurl-status=yesdead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223025347/http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/12-2002/bin-ladens-wanted-dead-or-alive-for-etcetera-xmas_26946.html |archivedate=23 February 2015 }}</ref>
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| ''Playing a Blinder'' || 2002 || BBC Radio 4 || ||<ref name=McBurnie>{{cite news|last1=McBurnie|first1=John|title=Classic match: Hibs v Hearts, New Year’s Day 1940|url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/latest/classic-match-hibs-v-hearts-new-year-s-day-1940-1-3253045|accessdate=24 February 2015|work=The Scotsman|date=1 January 2014}}</ref>
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| ''The Ordeal of Alfred M Hale'' || 2003 || BBC Radio 4 || ||<ref>{{cite journal|title=Afternoon Play: The Ordeal of Alfred M Hale|journal=Radio Times|date=25 September 2003|issue=4150|page=141|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/16f57278a8a844e58949be643d5c7aa1|accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Daoust|first1=Phil|title=The Guardian: G2: Tuesday: Radio: Pick of the day|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0FDEA98BB72A6F06?p=UKNB|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=The Guardian|date=30 September 2003}}</ref>
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| ''Burns Supper'' || 2007 || || ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Background|url=http://www.burns-supper.co.uk/background.html|website=Burns Supper|accessdate=28 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402162826/http://www.burns-supper.co.uk/background.html|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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| ''The Battle of Pots and Pans'' || 2008 || || ||<ref name=Lothian/>
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| ''[[Miss Julie]]'' || 2012 || Vagabond Productions || ||<ref name=Julie>{{cite web|last1=Brown|first1=Irene|title=Miss Julie Review|url=http://www.edinburghguide.com/festival/2012/theatre/drama/missjuliereview-11173|website=Edinburgh Guide|accessdate=24 February 2015|date=13 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224144602/http://www.edinburghguide.com/festival/2012/theatre/drama/missjuliereview-11173|archive-date=24 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| ''Old Alliances'' || 1986 || BBC Radio 4 || ||<ref>{{cite journal|title=BBC Radio 4: The afternoon play|journal=Radio Times|date=30 January 1986|issue=3245|page=65|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/781fdd6b24eb46ffb6bcb42f2787b116|accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref>
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| ''[[Tartuffe]]'' || 1986 || [[Royal Lyceum Theatre]] || ||<ref>{{cite news|last1=Brennan|first1=Mary|title=Tartuffe|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19860125&id=5f89AAAAIBAJ&sjid=f0kMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2072,5143739|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=The Glasgow Herald|date=25 January 1986|page=27}}</ref>
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| ''Foreigners'' || 1987 || BBC Radio 4 || ||<ref>{{cite journal|title=BBC Radio 4: The afternoon play|journal=Radio Times|date=2 July 1987|issue=3319|page=67|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6034b740b2524bceb765f0069f19013b|accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref>
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| ''[[Krapp's Last Tape]]'' || 2005 || [[The Arches (Glasgow)]] || As part of ''The Basement Tapes'' ||<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fisher|first1=Mark|title=Reviews: Theatre: Death beckons twice in Glasgow|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/1089C2A319A114DF?p=UKNB|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=The Guardian|date=2 March 2005}}</ref>
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| ''[[Eliza Graves|''Stonehurst Asylum'' (''Eliza Graves'')]]'' || 2014 || || ||<ref>{{cite news|title=Stonehearst Asylum (2014):Acting Credits|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/426002/Stonehearst-Asylum/cast|accessdatearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224143721/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/426002/Stonehearst-Asylum/cast|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 February 2015|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|publisher=[[Baseline (database)|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]]|date=2015|accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref>
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