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Allan Frederick Ian Peacock
Allan Peacock
Born	(1926-05-01)1 May 1926 Nainital, India
Died	17 June 1975(1975-06-17) (aged 49)
Occupations	Playwright, radio dramatist
Writing career
Period	1950s–1970s
Genres	Drama, radio drama
Notable works	Oh Lucy!, The Indomitable Pippin, The Modernisation Man, On a West Wind Rising

Allan Frederick Ian Peacock (1st May 1926 – 17th June 1975) was a British playwright who wrote for theatre and radio. His radio plays included Oh Lucy!, The Indomitable Pippin, The Modernisation Man and On a West Wind Rising.

Early theatre

Allan Peacock was active in amateur theatre in Birmingham from at least the early 1950s. A January 1951 article in the Evening Despatch described him as a 24-year-old ex-paratrooper who had written nine plays, as well as songs, lyrics, poems and short stories. It reported that he had written the show Forest Land for the Hall Green Youth Fellowship Repertory Company, with Derek Trimby and Harry Lawrence contributing to the music.

The Birmingham Daily Gazette reported in January 1951 that Allan Peacock had written the book and lyrics of a musical comedy for the Hall Green Youth Fellowship, in collaboration with Derek Trimby and Harry Lawrence. The production was intended to attract the attention of BBC officials, theatre managers and newspaper critics.

The Birmingham Mail described Forestland as a 'fantasian musical comedy' and reported its world premiere at Hall Green Church House in May 1951. It credited Allan Peacock with the script and Derek Trimby with the music. The Birmingham Daily Gazette subsequently reported on the opening performance, describing Allan Peacock as the writer of the book and lyrics and Derek Trimby as the composer. The newspaper reported that members of the Youth Fellowship had listened to a recording of the opening performance.

In May 1952, Allan Peacock was the producer of the Hall Green Arts Theatre Group's production of J. M. Barrie's The Admirable Crichton. The production was the group's first presentation and was staged from 19th to 23rd May, with performances supporting the Chatterton Testimonial Fund.

Radio

By the mid-1960s Allan Peacock was writing for radio. In October 1965, the Birmingham Daily Post reported that he had written the play Oh Lucy! during a period of convalescence. The BBC accepted the play and broadcast it in Wednesday Afternoon Theatre on the Home Service. The newspaper described it as his first success after approximately fifteen years of writing plays and reported that the script was being considered for film production.

The same article described Allan Peacock as an amateur actor, producer and writer and reported that he had helped found the Hall Green Arts Theatre Group. It also said that he had worked with the Crescent Theatre, the Rocking Horse Players and the Educational Drama Association in Birmingham, and had worked backstage at the Theatre Royal and the Birmingham Hippodrome. The article stated that he was qualified as a drama tutor to the Birmingham Education Committee.

The Indomitable Pippin was broadcast in the BBC's Saturday Night Theatre in May 1967. The Liverpool Daily Post described the play as being set in a prisoner-of-war compound on a stretch of the Baghdad railway in 1918.

His other BBC broadcasts included The Modernisation Man, broadcast in Afternoon Theatre on 24th April 1968, and On a West Wind Rising, broadcast in Afternoon Theatre on 9th November 1968.

In November 1969, the Western Daily Press described Allan Peacock as a playwright living in Steeple Langford, near Salisbury. The newspaper reported that he was organising a petition concerning BBC broadcasting provision in the South West, Midlands and North, and that he planned to collect signatures for a petition asking MPs to raise the matter in the House of Commons.

Later work

In 1971, The Stage and Television Today reported that the Theatre of Marionettes, directed by Peter and Frances Grant, was presenting The Woodfolk, an adaptation by Allan Peacock of On a West Wind Rising, at the Church Hall in Sennen, Cornwall. The performances used puppets created by Peter and Frances Grant, with voices provided by the Grants and Jan and David Ashton, and pre-recorded sound.

In August 1972, Allan Peacock produced Revue 72 at Malmesbury Town Hall with Stan Malpass, in a presentation by the Carnival Committee in association with the Athelstan Players. The Bristol Evening Post reported that Allan Peacock had provided original material for the revue and that he and Stan Malpass were its producers.