Richard Harris

Richard Harris is a prolific British television writer, most active from the early 1960s to the mid-1990s. He writes primarily for the crime and detecitve genres, having contributed episodes of series like The Avengers, The Saint, The Sweeney, Armchair Mystery Theatre, and Target. He has helped to create several standout programmes of the genre, including Adam Adamant Lives!, Man in a Suitcase, and Shoestring. Despite a career which has been largely spent writing for the crime and detective genre, in 1994 he won the prize for best situation comedy from the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain for Outside Edge, a programme he had originated as a stage play. Indeed, though the majority of his work has been for television, a substantial amount of his output has been for the stage.

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Past productions

Henry IV 1989 – 1990, Theatre Royal, Bath.
Henry IV, Henry IV 1989 – 1990, Wyndham’s Theatre, London.
Sgt. Collins / George, Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T’Be, Theatre Workshop started 17^th February 1959, Theatre Royal, Stratford East.
The Pier 1957 – 1958, Bristol Old Vic.
Ross, Macbeth, Theatre Workshop 1957, Theatre Royal, Stratford East.
Mr Whittington 1934 – 1935, Theatre Royal, Birmingham.
Mr Whittington 1934 – 1935, Adelphi Theatre, London.
Lucia di Lammermoor 1924 – 1925, Old Vic, London.
Il Trovatore 1924 – 1925, Old Vic, London.
Faust 1923 – 1924, Old Vic, London.

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