Richard C. 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, was one of Mikron Theatre Company's two 2016 productions. [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 ] He was Director of Drama and Head of Learning and Teaching at Ackworth School, a Quaker school in West Yorkshire, until his retirement in 2018. [5] [6]
He performed his own one-man play Leaving Vietnam at the Park Theatre in London in 2023 [7] and at the C Arts Studio in Edinburgh in 2024. [8] It has been published by Aurora Books (2023, ISBN 978-1912430956)
Vergette was born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. [9] [10] He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Drama from Bretton Hall College in 1985. He later pursued a Master of Education (MEd) at the University of Nottingham. He also studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). [11] [12]
He is associate director of Hull-based theatre company Ensemble 52. [11] [13] [14]
Date and place of first production as shown in doollee.com [15]
Cleethorpes-born playwright Richard Vergette
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