Jim Duckett

Described as ‘a talented undergraduate in the Birmingham [University] English Department’ by David Lodge, novelist and later professor of English there, in his novel ‘The British Museum is Falling Down’ (‘Vintage’ 2011 edition) JD co-operated with Lodge and Malcolm Bradbury in 1963 to write the review ‘Between these Four Walls’ staged at Birmingham Rep in Oct-Nov that year. After a period working there, he left to work as ASM at Leeds (later West Yorkshire) Playhouse after 1967. He worked there until about 1974. He produced a number of plays broadcast on Radio 4 in the later 1970s, including his own adaption of a short story by Arnold Bennett.

Plays authored

Slap in the Middle

Past productions

As You Like It started 13^th June 1967, Vaudeville Theatre, (Strand) London.
1066 and All That 14^th December 1966 – 25^th February 1967, Birmingham Repertory Theatre (1971 onwards).
The Life of Galileo 6^th September – 22^nd October 1966, Birmingham Repertory Theatre (1971 onwards).
Crack in the Ice 13^th September – 15^th October 1966, Birmingham Repertory Theatre (1971 onwards).
The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles 3^rd May – 25^th June 1966, Birmingham Repertory Theatre (1971 onwards).
Edward II 26^th April – 11^th June 1966, Birmingham Repertory Theatre (1971 onwards).
Twelfth Night 22^nd March – 23^rd April 1966, Birmingham Repertory Theatre (1971 onwards).
Treasure Island, Birmingham Repertory Company 15^th December 1965 – 19^th February 1966, Birmingham Repertory Theatre (1971 onwards).
Slap in the Middle 16^th November – 11^th December 1965, Birmingham Repertory Theatre (1971 onwards).
The Representative 12^th October – 13^th November 1965, Birmingham Repertory Theatre (1971 onwards).
Doctor’s Delight 14^th September – 9^th October 1965, Birmingham Repertory Theatre (1971 onwards).
The Provok’d Wife 18^th May – 26^th June 1965, Birmingham Repertory Theatre (1971 onwards).
The Winter’s Tale 9^th March – 10^th April 1965, Birmingham Repertory Theatre (1971 onwards).
Brassnet, Charley’s Aunt 16^th December 1964 – 6^th February 1965, Birmingham Repertory Theatre (1971 onwards).
The Quare Fellow 22^nd September – 17^th October 1964, Birmingham Repertory Theatre (1971 onwards).

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