Richard Vergette is a British playwright, actor and drama teacher. In 2013 his American Justice, an American congressman's encounter with his daughter's killer, was shown at London's Arts Theatre.[1] His 2015 Dancing Through the Shadows was performed by Hull Truck Theatre as part of a trilogy about the history of Hull,[2] and his PURE, about the chocolate industry, will form part of Mikron Theatre Company's 2016 tour.[3]

He has been Head of the Faculty of Performing Arts at John Leggott College, Scunthorpe and a lecturer at the University of Lincoln,[4] written textbooks for school drama students, and acted in the 2010 short film The Legend of Beggar's Bridge.^{[citation needed]} And has recently retired from his role as Director of Drama and Head of Learning and Teaching at Ackworth School, a Quaker school in West Yorkshire.

Plays

Date and place of first production as shown in doollee.com[5]

• An Englishman's Home (2007, 24:7 Theatre Festival, Manchester)
• Ring Around the Humber (2011, Hull Truck Theatre)
• Nice (2011, Salford Studio Theatre)
• American Justice (2013, Arts Theatre, London), based on his 2009 work As We Forgive Them
• Dancing Through the Shadows (2015, Hull Truck Theatre)
• PURE (2016, Mikron Theatre Company)

Publications

• Drama & Theatre Studies: AQA Advanced (2008, Philip Allen, ISBN 9781844894475)
• Edexcel advanced drama and theatre studies textbook (2008, Philip Allen, ISBN 9781844894468)

References

External links

• "Richard Vergette". doollee.com. Details of Vergette's plays (subscription required)
• Richard Vergette at IMDb

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