Arthur Macrae
Appearance
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William Arthur Schröpfer (London 17 March 1908–Brighton, 25 February 1962) known by the pen name and stage name Arthur Macrae was an English playwright and comic actor.
Works
- She Shall Have Music (1935)
- Under Your Hat (1940)
- Encore (1951) segment "Winter Cruise"
- Both Ends Meet - play (1954)[1][2] also filmed by the BBC for the Sunday-Night Play (1960–1963) aired 25 March 1962.
References
- ^ Albert Hunt, Geoffrey Reeves Peter Brook 1995 - Page 6 0521296056 "What on earth was Both Ends Meet in 1954? It was a play by a comedian, Arthur Macrae, about a man who hates the Inland Revenue. He won't marry his fiancee, because the two of them get better tax concessions as 'separate units', and he ."
- ^ Peter Brook: A Biography - Page 81 1408852284 Michael Kustow - 2013 "More robust was Arthur Macrae's comedy Both Ends Meet, a comedy about cheating the taxman which Brook directed in the summer of 1954 at the Apollo Theatre. "