Charles Barron (playwright)

Charles Aitken Barron (11 January 1936 – 28 April 2012) was a Scottish writer,^[1] playwright,^[2][3][4] teacher and lecturer.^[5] He wrote primarily in Doric (Dialect from the North East, derived from old Scots.)^[6]

Early life and education

Barron was born in Aberdeen, Scotland.^[7] He attended Robert Gordon's College.^[8]

Career

Barron's play "Fooshion", won the 'Total Oil Scottish Playwright's Award'. Also, his play "Amang the Craws" won the 'Doric Festival Playwriting Award' as well as being used by Learning & Teaching Scotland for use by Higher English/Drama candidates throughout Scotland. His plays have been used/performed by Edinburgh Theatre Workshop, Annexe Theatre of Glasgow, Dragon Productions of Glasgow,^[9] Pitlochry Theatre, Haddo House and Fleeman Productions of Aberdeen. However, he has not only written plays, his son-et-lumieres have been performed at sites all over Scotland.

Charles Barron died on 28 April 2012 at the age of 76. After a two-day stint in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary he died due to pancreatitis leading to multi-organ failure. Aberdeen Universary and Fleeman Productions have offered three prizes in his name for plays written in Doric.^[10]