David Mercer

During the closing days of the Second World War, a young Czechoslovakian woman, Blanka, is caught between ideologies of the Soviet regime. Part of BBC2 Play of the Week.

1977년 개봉한 프랑스, 스위스의 드라마 영화이다. 알랭 레네가 감독을, 데이비드 머서가 각본을 맡았다. 1978 세자르상 시상식에서 작품상, 감독상, 편집상 등 7개 부문 상을 수상했다.

1977년 개봉한 프랑스, 스위스의 드라마 영화이다. 알랭 레네가 감독을, 데이비드 머서가 각본을 맡았다. 1978 세자르상 시상식에서 작품상, 감독상, 편집상 등 7개 부문 상을 수상했다.

Nora Helmer lives a quiet life with her husband, Torvald, in a small Norwegian town. While he works diligently at a bank, she looks after their children. But Torvald doesn't know that several years ago, when he was very ill and she was desperate for money, Nora forged a loan document and has been secretly working to pay the money back ever since. The arrival of her friend Kristine prompts Nora to re-evaluate her life and confront Torvald.

Ahead of a screening of his latest film a director converses with a prostitute, whilst his female star and estranged wife talks to a writer, his brother. Intercut are scenes from the film, and the making of it.

A man has a three-way conversation between himself, his inner thoughts and as a psychiatrist. Part of the BBC Thirty Minute Theatre strand.

Ellis Cripper has lost his money and his memory; in different ways he tries to make sense of his situation.

런던에 거주하는 19세 소녀 재니스(샌디 랫클리프 분)는 정신분열 증세에 시달리고 있다. 설상가상으로 10대 소녀가 감당하기엔 어려운 상황 - 즉, 임신을 한 상태. 결국 부모의 손에 이끌려 정신과 상담을 받게 된다. 담당의사는 재니스를 비롯해서 그녀의 가족들과도 면담을 하게 되고, 그녀를 막다른 골목으로 몰아넣은 이들이 다름 아닌 그녀의 부모라는 사실을 밝혀낸다. 사실 재니스의 어머니는 청교도이자 완고하고 냉담한 여자이며 아버지는 명예와 의무에 목숨을 거는 가부장적인 남자이다. 이들 부모는 시계처럼 정해진 삶을 가장 가치 있는 것이라 믿고 자식에게 그것을 강요하며 자신들은 훌륭한 부모임을 자부한다는 데 더 큰 문제가 있다. 이들은 재니스에게 낙태를 종용하고 정신과 치료시설로 강제로 보내지만 증상은 점점 악화되는데... (EBS)

TV play by David Mercer. First in a trilogy concerning Marxist novelist Robert Kelvin. The occasion is a dinner party, Kelvin is concerned with a summation of his life, addressed in his head to his lover, Emma.

Two couples let tensions build between them in this 'Wednesday Play'.

Kate, a young girl under psychiatric examination, suffers from a lack of confidence, self-esteem and self-control – telling of the “bad Kate” who commits immoral acts. Could the hypocrisy, selfishness and weakness of those around her have led to this state of mind or can Kate simply be diagnosed and dismissed as a schizophrenic?

Morgan, an aggressive and self-admitted dreamer, a fantasist who uses his flights of fancy as refuge from external reality, where his unconventional behavior lands him in a divorce from his wife, Leonie, trouble with the police and, ultimately, incarceration in a lunatic asylum.

A woman attempts to cover up the thefts committed by the manager at the shop she works at.

A family gather together as their mother lies dying. Death brings family conflicts into sharp focus, not least those between brothers Edgar and Richard.