Mercer, David - Mercer, David 1928–
Mercer, David 1928–
A British writer for stage, screen, and television, Mercer is best known for his screenplay, Morgan. (See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 9-12, rev. ed.)
[Looking] back now, it is possible to see the whole body of Mercer's work as depicting in various ways the birthpangs of a private man. His characters are all involved, one way or another, in the battle to assert their individual, unique natures within, or if necessary outside, the framework of normal everyday life, of social, political or psychological categories. To say that all are involved in this struggle does not necessarily mean that all of them consciously engage in it, and it certainly does not mean that they all win out in the end. Some seek comfort in anonymity, uniformity, some contrive to contract out of the struggle, some are shattered by it and destroyed. But behind the action of all Mercer's plays is a consciousness of individuality as something...
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