Johnnie was a former docker and bank messenger who wrote several plays for Half Moon Theatre.
Johnnie Quarrell was a former docker and bank messenger who wrote several plays for Half Moon Theatre. He talks about how Guy Sprung asked him to write Get Off My Back, because as an ex-local docker he would bring an authentic voice to the play.
Johnnie Quarrell talks about why Half Moon Theatre on Alie Street was a very special and creative place.
Johnnie Quarrell talks about Everyone Should Have A Gas Oven, which was likened to Beckett, Joe Orton and Harold Pinter, none of whom he had read at that time.
Johnnie Quarrell talks about his play, The Third And Final Round, which he had been trying to get produced for many years and was finally taken up by Stuart Mungall. Interviewed by Rosie Vincent.
An extract from the 1967 BBC programme Belonging, by Robert Vas, which looked at three different artists working in the East End.
The extract features the work of Johnnie Quarrell, a former docker and bank messenger who wrote several plays for Half Moon Theatre.