Charles Wood was born in Guernsey in 1932. He served in the army before beginning a career as a writer. He has written extensively for film, television and stage and has translated and adapted numerous classic works. His original stage plays include 'Dingo', 'Jingo', 'H', 'Cockade', 'Meals On Wheels', 'Fill The Stage With Happy Hours', 'Don't Make Me Laugh', 'Veterans', 'Has Washington Legs?', 'Across From The Garden Of Allah'. His films include 'Help!' (directed by Richard Lester 1966) and 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' (directed by Tony Richardson 1969).

H, Jingo, Dingo
Three plays that bitterly satirise the romance and heroics of battle, from one of our greatest playwrights. H presents a vivid picture of the Indian Army during the mutiny of 1857 under Sir Henry Havelock (H). It was performed by the Royal National Theatre and Old Vic in 1969. Jingo is set during the fall of Singapore, the symbolic end of white dominance in East Asia, and was performed by the RSC at the Aldwych. Dingo, set in the Western desert during the Second World War, was performed at the Royal Court Theatre.