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Anthony Charles Hockley Smith (born Anthony Charles Smith, 31 October 1935) is a British novelist and playwright from
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Early life and career

Smith was educated at Hampton Grammar School and
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, where he read Modern Languages. On starting his writing career, to distinguish himself from other writers of the same name he added the initial "H", representing his grandmother's maiden name, Hockley. Since 1960 his home has been in Bristol. From 1965 to 1969 he was Senior Research Associate at
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, and he has held visiting posts at the Universities of Bristol, Bournemouth, and Texas (Austin). From 1964 to 1973 he did literary work for the
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, and later some for the National Theatre. In 1971,
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invited him to Iran for three months to write a book about the '' Orghast'' project that Brook and
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were undertaking. He was a director of the
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in 1978, 1979, and 1999. He has two daughters, Imogen and Sophie, and a son, Oliver Smith.


Bibliography


Novels

*''The Crowd'' (1965)
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: B0006BWG2S *''Zero Summer'' (1971) *''Treatment'' (1976) *''Sebastian the Navigator'' (1985) *''The Dangerous Memoir of Citizen Sade'' (2000)


Thrillers

*''The Jericho Gun'' (1977) *''Extra Cover'' (1981)


Novelizations

*''Edward and Mrs. Simpson'' (British TV series) (1978) *''The Dark Crystal'' (movie) (1982) *''Wagner'' (movie) (in German and Italian, 1983) . English-language edition (2012) . *''Lady Jane'' (movie) (1985) *''Labyrinth'' (movie) (1986)


Non-fiction

*''Orghast at Persepolis'': An account of the experiment in theatre directed by
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and written by
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(1972) and (1973) *''Paper voices: The popular press and social change, 1935–1965'' (with Elizabeth Immirzi and Trevor Blackwell) (1975) *''Dickens of London'' (biography, ghosted for
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) (1976) *''Poems'', selected with a foreword by
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(2009) *''WordSmith'', a memoir (2012) Stories and poems for
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radio, ''
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'', ''The Listener'', etc.


Selected plays

*''Albert's Bridge Extended'' (co-written with
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), Edinburgh Festival (1978) *''Master of Letters'', The Playwrights Company at the New Vic, Bristol (1979) *''God's Wonderful Railway'',
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(1985) *''Pericles'' (reconstruction of Shakespeare's), Theater Emory, Atlanta (1987);
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, Bristol (1990) *''Up The Feeder, Down The Mouth'',
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(1997, 2001). Text published 2001 ; illustrated edition, 2012, *
Albert’s Bridge – the Musical
' (composer David Lyon), Shaftesbury Community Theatre (1999) *''The Redcliffe Hermit'', Head Heart + 2 Fingers, Bristol (2005). Text published 2005, *''Doctor Love'' (Molière-based musical, composer David Lyon, Tobacco Factory, Bristol (2008) *''Walking The Chains'', The Passenger Shed, Bristol (2015)


TV and cinema

With wife, subject of
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's 6-part BBC docudrama ''The Newcomers'' (1964). Wrote and presented about 200 arts programmes and documentaries for HTV and
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. Six plays televised. Three screenplays.


Editing and journalism

*At Cambridge, edited the literary magazine ''delta'' and was Arts Editor of ''Varsity'', the student newspaper. Co-editor of ''Universities' Poetry'' (anthologies). With
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edited an Arts Page in the ''
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'' in 1960–1963. Has also reported cricket for ''
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'', reviewed theatre for ''
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'', and wrote features for ''
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'', ''
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'', ''Telegraph Magazine'', ''
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'', ''The Listener'', ''London Magazine'', etc. *Contributed essay "The Art of Friendship" to Derek Balmer: ''A Singular Vision'' (Sansom & Co, 2012).


References


External links

*
A. C. H. Smith Papers
at the
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, A. C. H. 1935 births Living people 20th-century British novelists 21st-century British novelists Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge British dramatists and playwrights Writers from Bristol British male novelists British male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century British male writers 21st-century British male writers