David Pinner

David John Pinner (born 6 October 1940) is a British actor and novelist. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and has appeared on stage and television in many roles.

David Pinner
Born	(1940-10-06) 6 October 1940 Peterborough, England
Occupation	Actor / Author / Playwright

As an actor, he is known for Emergency Ward 10 (1962), Z Cars (1967), The Growing Pains of PC Penrose (1975), (1985), Henry V (1979), The Prince Regent (1979) and Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced.

His 1967 novel Ritual was a major inspiration for Anthony Shaffer's film The Wicker Man (1973). In 2014 he published The Wicca Woman, a sequel to Ritual.

Novels

• Ritual (1967) Hutchinson/Arrow
• With My Body (1969) Weidenfeld & Nicolson/Corgi
• There'll Always Be An England (1985) Anthony Blond
• Ritual (2011) Finderskeepers
• Ritual (2014) ebook Endeavour Press
• The Wicca Woman (2014) ebook Endeavour Press

Stage Plays Performed

• Dickon (1966)Queens's Theatre, Hornchuch
• Fanghorn (1967) Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
• Fanghorn (1968) Fortune Theatre, London with Glenda Jackson
• The Drums of Snow (1969) Stanford Repertory Theatre, California
• Lightning At A Funeral (1970) Stanford Repertory Theatre
• Marriages (1972) L.A.M.DA, London
• Cartoon (1973)Soho Poly, London
• Hereward the Wake (1974) Key Theatre, Peterborough
• Richelieu (1976) BBC
• Lucifer's Fair (1976) Arts Theatre, London
• Shakebag (1976) Soho Poly, London
• Talleyrand, Prince of Traitors (1978) BBC
• An Evening With The G.L.C (1979) Soho Poly, London
• The Potsdam Quartet (1980) Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith + BBC
• Screwball (1982) Theatre Royal, Plymouth
• The Potsdam Quartet (1982) Lion Theatre, New York
• Revelations (1986) Grinnell, Iowa, USA
• The Teddy Bears' Picnic (1988)Gateway Theatre, Chester
• Skin Deep (1989) Gateway Theatre, Chester
• The Last Englishman (1990) Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond
• The Sins of the Mother (1996) Grace Theatre, London
• Lenin in Love (2000) New End Theatre, Hampstead, London
• All Hallows' Eve (2002) Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts
• Midsummer (2003) Brehmer Theatre, Hamilton, New York
• Oh, To Be In England (2011) Finborough Theatre, London
• The Potsdam Quartet (2013) Jermyn Street Theatre, London
• Edred, the Vampyre (2019) The Old Red Lion, London

Stage Plays Published

• Fanghorn (1966) Penguin Modern Playwrights 2
• Dickon (1967) Penguin Plays, New English Dramatists 10
• Drums of Snow (1968) Penguin Plays, New English Dramatists 13
• Drums of Snow (1972) Plays of the Year, Paul Elek Books Ltd
• The Potsdam Quartet (1980) Terra Nova Editions
• The Potsdam Quartet (1982) Samuel French
• Lenin In Love (2000) Oberon Books
• Two Plays; The Teddy Bears' Picnic/The Potsdam Quartet (2002) Oberon Modern Playwrights
• Midsummer/All Hallows' Eve (2002) Oberon Modern Plays
• Newton's Hooke (2003) Imperial College Press
• The Stalin Trilogy; Lenin In Love/The Teddy Bears' Picnic/The Potsdam Quartet (2003) Oberon Modern Playwrights
• Lady Day/Revelations (2003) Oberon Modern Plays
• Three Power Plays; The Drums of Snow/Richelieu/Prince of Traitors (2006) Oberon Modern Playwrights
• Oh, To Be In England (2011) Oberon Modern Playwrights
• The Vampire Trilogy; Fanghorn/Edred, the Vampyre/Lucifer's Fair (2011) Oberon Modern Playwrights
• The Joy of Misery; four one-act plays; Cartoon/An Evening With The G.L.C/Shakebag/Succubus (2012) Oberon Modern Playwrights

External links

• "Visiting Artists, Performers, and Writers". Theater. Arts on Campus. Colgate University. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.