Stephen Wakelam is an English writer and playwright born in

Chesterfield Chesterfield may refer to: Places Canada * Rural Municipality of Chesterfield No. 261, Saskatchewan * Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut United Kingdom * Chesterfield, Derbyshire, a market town in England ** Chesterfield (UK Parliament constitue ...

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...

. After

Cambridge University , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

, he was an English Teacher and Head of Department in

South Yorkshire South Yorkshire is a ceremonial and metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. The county has four council areas which are the cities of Doncaster and Sheffield as well as the boroughs of Barnsley and Rotherham. In N ...

until he became a full-time writer in 1976. He was Young Writers' Tutor at the

Royal Court Theatre The Royal Court Theatre, at different times known as the Court Theatre, the New Chelsea Theatre, and the Belgravia Theatre, is a non-commercial West End theatre in Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, Englan ...

from 1981-1984 and then tutored young playwrights at the

National Theatre Studio The Royal National Theatre in London, commonly known as the National Theatre (NT), is one of the United Kingdom's three most prominent publicly funded performing arts venues, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Opera House. In ...

in the 1990s. He has written over forty performed plays, at first mainly in television then primarily on radio. His subjects are almost exclusively biographical, covering a broad range of interests. Wakelam was The Royal Literary Society Writer in Residence at universities in

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...

and

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

, 2009-12. From January 2015 he is Writer in Residence at St Cuthbert's Society,

Durham Durham most commonly refers to: *Durham, England, a cathedral city and the county town of County Durham *County Durham, an English county * Durham County, North Carolina, a county in North Carolina, United States *Durham, North Carolina, a city in N ...

Selected works

*''

The Pattern of Painful Adventures ''The Pattern of Painful Adventures'' (1576) is a prose novel. A later edition, printed in 1607 by Valentine Simmes and published by Nathaniel Butter, was drawn on by William Shakespeare for his play ''Pericles, Prince of Tyre''. There was at le ...

'' *''Gaskin'' *''Coppers'' *''Angel Voices'' *''Circles of Deceit'' *''Deadlines'' *''Two Men from Delft'' *''Adulteries of a Provincial Wife'' *''Answered Prayers'' *''Death at the Bed End'' *''Punters'' *''Hard Knocks'' *''Selling Immortality'' *''The Finding'' *''The Good Samaritan'' *''To the Camp and Back'' *''Miss A and Miss M'' *''Letting the Birds Go Free'' *''Rainy Day'' *''Other Women'' *''Triangle at Rhodes'' *''Silver Lining'' *''Tea Leaf on the Roof'' *''The Fox'' *''Grassroots'' *''Released'' *''Time Passing'' *''What I Think of my Husband'' *''A Dose of Fame''
''Living With Princes''
on the life of

Montaigne Michel Eyquem, Sieur de Montaigne ( ; ; 28 February 1533 – 13 September 1592), also known as the Lord of Montaigne, was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance. He is known for popularizing the essay as a liter ...

(2011)

References

External links

Personal website
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