Dear Daddy

Dear Daddy
Written byDenis Cannan
Date premiered1976
Place premieredAmbassadors Theatre
London, England
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy
SettingBernard's place in the country

Dear Daddy is a 1976 play written by English playwright Denis Cannan, first staged at the Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End.

Plot summary

Productions

Opening night cast
  • Nigel Patrick as Bernard
  • Isabel Dean as Mary
  • Jennifer Hilary as Gillian
  • Joseph Blatchley as Billy
  • David Crosse as Frank
  • Patrick Drury as Charles
  • Rosalind March as Gwen
  • Phyllis Calvert as Delia

Awards and nominations

Awards
  • 1976 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play

References

  • Mel Gussow (24 January 1982). "Denis Cannan's Dear Daddy". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 September 2008.

Further reading

  • Cannan, Denis (1976). Dear Daddy: A Play (First ed.). London: Samuel French. ISBN 0-573-11090-5.
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1976–2000
  • Dear Daddy (1976)
  • The Fire that Consumes (1977)
  • Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1978)
  • Betrayal (1979)
  • The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1980)
  • Children of a Lesser God (1981)
  • Another Country (1982)
  • Glengarry Glen Ross (1983)
  • Benefactors (1984)
  • Red Noses (1985)
  • Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1986)
  • Serious Money (1987)
  • Our Country's Good (1988)
  • Racing Demon (1989/1990)
  • Dancing at Lughnasa (1991)
  • Death and the Maiden (1992)
  • Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
  • Arcadia (1994)
  • Broken Glass (1995)
  • Skylight (1996)
  • Stanley (1997)
  • Closer (1998)
  • The Weir (1999)
  • Goodnight Children Everywhere (2000)
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