Tom Gallacher
British writer (1934–2001)
Tom Gallacher (16 February 1932 – 27 October 2001) was a Scottish playwright. He originally came from Garelochhead and went to the Hermitage Academy in Helensburgh, but in later life he lived in Alexandria in Dunbartonshire.
He was involved with the Dumbarton People's Theatre.
Plays for the stage
Personal Effects, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Perthshire, U.K., 1974.
A Laughing Matter, St. Andrew's Theatre, Fife, Scotland, U.K., 1975.
Hallowe'en, Dundee Theatre, Angus, Scotland, U.K., 1975.
A Presbyterian Wooing (adaptor), Pitlochry Festival Theatre, 1976.
Mr. Joyce Is Leaving Paris, King's Head, Islington, London, 1972 & 1973
An adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac
Television Plays
The Trial of Thomas Muir, 1977.
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