Giles Cooper (playwright)
Giles Cooper | |
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| Born | Giles Stannus Cooper 9 August 1918 Carrickmines |
| Died | 2 December 1966 (aged 48) Surbiton, Surrey |
| Occupation | Playwright, radio dramatist |
| Notable works | Unman, Wittering and Zigo |
Giles Stannus Cooper, OBE (9 August 1918 – 2 December 1966) was an Anglo-Irish playwright and prolific radio dramatist, writing over sixty scripts for BBC Radio and television. He was awarded the OBE in 1960 for "Services to Broadcasting". A dozen years after his death at only 48 the Giles Cooper Awards for Radio Drama were instituted in his honour, jointly by the BBC and the publishers Eyre Methuen.