The Arts In Berwick -- Theatre
Alan Melville

Born in Castle Terrace, Alan Melville, is one of the more successful creative people to have come from Berwick.

Employed in a timber yard he was desperate to escape what he saw as a restrictive small town. His first success, a whodunit Weekend at Thrackley, was written in the Waterloo Hotel in the High Street. Selling the film-rights he was able to establish himself as a comedy writer, especially with stage revues. His satirical TV show A-Z (1956-7) was well ahead of its time in its mockery of establishment figures and other media.

Moving to Brighton he died in 1983.

Waterloo Hotel in High Street, Berwick

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