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Denis Cannan (14 May 1919 – 25 September 2011) was a British dramatist, playwright and script writer. Born Denis Pullein-Thompson, the son of Captain Harold J. Pullein-Thompson and novelist Joanna Cannan, he changed his name by deed poll in 1964.
Oct 17, 2011 · Mon 17 Oct 2011 13.43 EDT. The playwright Denis Cannan, who has died aged 92, was best known for writing the comedy Captain Carvallo, which lit up the West End in 1950 and enabled him to give...
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Writer. Actor. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Denis Cannan was born on 14 May 1919 in Oxford, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for A Boy Ten Feet Tall (1963), Tamahine (1963) and The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965). He died on 25 September 2011 in Hove, East Sussex, England, UK. Born May 14, 1919.
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Nov 1, 2011 · Denis Cannan obituary letter. Tue 1 Nov 2011 14.37 EDT. Crescy Cannan writes: My father, Denis Cannan ( obituary, 18 October ), told another version of what happened when he and Peter Brook...
Captain Carvallo is a traditional comedy play in three acts by Denis Cannan, telling the story of a philandering young army officer, Captain Carvallo. The comedy was an immediate success when it opened at the St. James Theatre on 9 August 1950, as the second production under Sir Laurence Olivier 's management.
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Jan 24, 1982 · Bernard, the title character in Denis Cannan's ''Dear Daddy,'' presented by the Philadelphia Drama Guild at the Annenberg Center, is an angry old man, a bitterly abusive critic of art, life,...
Nov 2, 2011 · Denis Cannan, born May 14 1919, died September 25 2011. Denis Cannan, who has died aged 92, was an admired British playwright who, before the advent of the Angry Young Men, wrote elegant ...
