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Tony Harrison (born 30 April 1937) is an English poet, translator and playwright. He was born in Beeston,
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and he received his education in Classics from
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and
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. He is one of Britain's foremost verse writers and many of his works have been performed at the
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. He is noted for controversial works such as the poem " V", as well as his versions of dramatic works: from
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such as the
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''
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'' and ''
Lysistrata ''Lysistrata'' ( or ; Attic Greek: , ''Lysistrátē'', "Army Disbander") is an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes, originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC. It is a comic account of a woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponne ...
'', from French
Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (, ; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, , ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and world ...
's ''
The Misanthrope ''The Misanthrope, or the Cantankerous Lover'' (french: Le Misanthrope ou l'Atrabilaire amoureux; ) is a 17th-century comedy of manners in verse written by Molière. It was first performed on 4 June 1666 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris ...
'', from
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''
The Mysteries ''The Mysteries'' is a version of the medieval English mystery plays first presented at London's National Theatre in 1977. The cycle of three plays tells the story of the Bible from the creation to the last judgement. Background It is based lar ...
''. He is also noted for his outspoken views, particularly those on the
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. In 2015, he was honoured with the David Cohen Prize in recognition for his body of work. In 2016, he was awarded the Premio Feronia in
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Works

Adaptation of the English Medieval
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, based on the
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and
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cycles, ''
The Mysteries ''The Mysteries'' is a version of the medieval English mystery plays first presented at London's National Theatre in 1977. The cycle of three plays tells the story of the Bible from the creation to the last judgement. Background It is based lar ...
'', were first performed in 1985 by the Royal National Theatre. Interviewed by
Melvyn Bragg Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg, (born 6 October 1939), is an English broadcaster, author and parliamentarian. He is best known for his work with ITV as editor and presenter of '' The South Bank Show'' (1978–2010), and for the BBC Radio 4 documen ...
for BBC television in 2012, Harrison said: "It was only when I did the Mystery Plays and got
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actors doing verse, that I felt that I was reclaiming the energy of classical verse in the voices that it was created for." One of his best-known works is the long poem " V" (1985), written during the miners' strike of 1984–85, and describing a trip to see his parents' grave in
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Cemetery in
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, 'now littered with beer cans and vandalised by obscene graffiti'. The title has several possible interpretations: victory, versus, verse, insulting V sign etc. Proposals to screen a filmed version of "V" by
Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service ...
in October 1987 drew howls of outrage from the tabloid press, some broadsheet journalists, and MPs, apparently concerned about the effects its "''torrents of obscene language''" and "''streams of four-letter filth''" would have on the nation's youth. Indeed, an
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entitled "Television Obscenity" was proposed on 27 October 1987 by a group of
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(MPs), who condemned Channel 4 and the
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. The motion was opposed only by MP
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, who suggested that fellow members had either failed to read or failed to understand the poem. The broadcast went ahead and, after widespread press coverage, the uproar subsided.
Gerald Howarth Sir James Gerald Douglas Howarth (born 12 September 1947) is a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aldershot from 1997 until 2017, having been the MP for Cannock and Burntwood from 1983 to 1992. He w ...
MP said that Harrison was "Probably another
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poet wishing to impose his frustrations on the rest of us". When told of this, Harrison retorted that Howarth was "Probably another idiot MP wishing to impose his intellectual limitations on the rest of us".


Reception

Richard Eyre Sir Richard Charles Hastings Eyre (born 28 March 1943) is an English film, theatre, television and opera director. Biography Eyre was born in Barnstaple, Devon, England, the son of Richard Galfridus Hastings Giles Eyre and his wife, Minna Mar ...
calls Harrison's 1990 play, ''
The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus ''The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus'' is a 1990 play by English poet and playwright Tony Harrison. It is partially based on ''Ichneutae'', a satyr play by the fifth-century BC Athenian dramatist Sophocles, which was found in fragments at the Egyptian ...
'' "among the five most imaginative pieces of drama in the 90s".
Jocelyn Herbert Jocelyn Herbert RDI (22 February 1917 – 6 May 2003) was a British stage designer. Early life Born in London the second of the four children of playwright, novelist, humorist and parliamentarian A. P. Herbert (1890–1971), through her fathe ...
, famous designer of the British theatrical scene, comments that Harrison is aware of the dramatic visual impact of his ideas: "The idea of satyrs jumping out of boxes in Trackers is wonderful for the stage. Some writers just write and have little idea what it will look like, but Tony always knows exactly what he wants." Edith Hall has written that she is convinced that Harrison's 1998 film-poem ''
Prometheus In Greek mythology, Prometheus (; , , possibly meaning " forethought")Smith"Prometheus". is a Titan god of fire. Prometheus is best known for defying the gods by stealing fire from them and giving it to humanity in the form of technology, kn ...
'' is "artistic reaction to the fall of the British working class" at the end of the twentieth century, and considers it as "the most important adaptation of classical myth for a radical political purpose for years" and Harrison's "most brilliant artwork, with the possible exception of his stage play ''The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus''". Professor
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of the Department of History at
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, in his paper ''The palingenetic political community: rethinking the legitimation of totalitarian regimes in inter-war Europe'', describes Harrison's film-poem as "magnificent" and suggests that Harrison is trying to tell his audience "To avoid falling prey to the collective mirage of a new order, to stay wide awake while others succumb to the
lethe In Greek mythology, Lethe (; Ancient Greek: ''Lḗthē''; , ), also referred to as Lemosyne, was one of the five rivers of the underworld of Hades. Also known as the ''Ameles potamos'' (river of unmindfulness), the Lethe flowed around the cav ...
of the group mind, to resist the gaze of modern Gorgons".


Bibliography


Poetry

* ''
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'' (1970) * ''From the School of Eloquence and Other Poems'' (1978) * ''Continuous (50 Sonnets from the School of Eloquence and Other Poems)'' (1981) * ''A Kumquat for John Keats'' (1981) * '' V'' (1985) * '' Dramatic Verse,1973–85'' (1985) * ''The Gaze of the Gorgon'' (1992) * ''Black Daisies for the Bride'' (1993) * ''The Shadow of Hiroshima and Other Film/Poems'' (1995) * ''The Bright Lights of Sarajevo'' (1995) * ''Laureate's Block and Other Occasional Poems'' (2000) * ''Under the Clock'' (2005) * ''Selected Poems'' (2006) * ''Collected Poems'' (2007) * ''Collected Film Poetry'' (2007) * ''Kumkwat dla Johna Keatsa'', in Polish, Bohdan Zadura (trans.), Warszawa: PIW (1990) * ''Sztuka i zagłada'', in Polish, Bohdan Zadura (trans.), Legnica: Biuro Literackie (1999)


Pamphlets

* ''Earthworks'' (1964) * ''Newcastle is Peru'' (1969) * ''Bow Down'' (1977) * ''Looking Up'' (1979) * ''The Fire Gap '' (1985) * ''Anno Forty Two, Seven New Poems'' (1987) * ''Ten Sonnets from "The School of Eloquence"'' (1987) * ''A Cold Coming'' (1991) * ''A Maybe Day in Kazakhstan'' (1994)


Film and television

* '' The Blue Bird'': lyrics for
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film (1976) * ''Arctic Paradise'': verse commentary for film in series ''
The World About Us ''The World About Us'' was a BBC Two television documentary series on natural history which ran from 3 December 1967 to 20 July 1986.''Encyclopedia of Television'' (2d ed.), ed. Horace Newcomb, p. 324, 620, 1363. The show was created by David At ...
'', producer: Andree Molyneux for
BBC Two BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream a ...
(1981) * ''
The Oresteia The ''Oresteia'' ( grc, Ὀρέστεια) is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th century BCE, concerning the murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, the end of t ...
'': translation for National Theatre production with music by Harrison Birtwistle, filmed for
Channel Four Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service in ...
television. (October 1983) * ''The Big H'': musical drama, producer: Andree Molyneux, for
BBC Two BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream a ...
, (December 1984) * ''
The Mysteries ''The Mysteries'' is a version of the medieval English mystery plays first presented at London's National Theatre in 1977. The cycle of three plays tells the story of the Bible from the creation to the last judgement. Background It is based lar ...
'': adaption of medieval English mystery plays for the National Theatre, produced by Bill Bryden and Derek Bailey, filmed for
Channel Four Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service in ...
television. December 1985, January 1986) * ''Loving Memory'' four poem-films, producer
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for BBC Two ** ''Letters in Rock'': (July 1987) ** ''Mimmo Perrella Non è Piu'': (July 1987) ** ''Muffled Bells'': (July 1987) ** ''Cheating the Void'': (August 1987) * '' v.'': poem filmed for television, producer
Richard Eyre Sir Richard Charles Hastings Eyre (born 28 March 1943) is an English film, theatre, television and opera director. Biography Eyre was born in Barnstaple, Devon, England, the son of Richard Galfridus Hastings Giles Eyre and his wife, Minna Mar ...
for
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(1987) * '' The Blasphemers' Banquet'': poem-film producer Peter Symes for
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(1989) * '' The Gaze of the Gorgon'': poem-film for television. (1992) which examines the politics of conflict in the 20th century using the Gorgon as a metaphor. The imaginary narration of the film is done through the mouth of Jewish poet
Heinrich Heine Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (; born Harry Heine; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was a German poet, writer and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of '' Lied ...
. Located in
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the film describes the connection between the Corfu Gorgon at the
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and Kaiser Wilhelm II * ''
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'': television film, also directed by the author (1998)


Theatre and opera

* ''Aikin Mata'' (play), Nigeria (March 1964). An adaption of
Aristophanes Aristophanes (; grc, Ἀριστοφάνης, ; c. 446 – c. 386 BC), son of Philippus, of the deme Kydathenaion ( la, Cydathenaeum), was a comic playwright or comedy-writer of ancient Athens and a poet of Old Attic Comedy. Eleven of his ...
's ''
Lysistrata ''Lysistrata'' ( or ; Attic Greek: , ''Lysistrátē'', "Army Disbander") is an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes, originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC. It is a comic account of a woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponne ...
''. * ''The Misanthrope'' (play), National Theatre Company (opened at
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on 20 February 1973). Adaptation of
Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (, ; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, , ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and world ...
's ''
Le Misanthrope ''The Misanthrope, or the Cantankerous Lover'' (french: Le Misanthrope ou l'Atrabilaire amoureux; ) is a 17th-century comedy of manners in verse written by Molière. It was first performed on 4 June 1666 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris b ...
''. * ''Phaedra Britannica'' (play), National Theatre Company (opened at
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on 3 September 1975). Adaptation of
Racine Jean-Baptiste Racine ( , ) (; 22 December 163921 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western traditi ...
's ''
Phèdre ''Phèdre'' (; originally ''Phèdre et Hippolyte'') is a French dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by Jean Racine, first performed in 1677 at the theatre of the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris. Composition and premiere Wit ...
'' * ''Bow Down'' (play with
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), National Theatre (4 July 1977). * ''
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'', translation into English of the opera by Bedrich Smetana, first seen at the
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on 25 October 1978 *''
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'' (libretto for Harrison Birtwistle's opera), (1986). * ''The Common Chorus'' (play), (1988). An adaption of
Aristophanes Aristophanes (; grc, Ἀριστοφάνης, ; c. 446 – c. 386 BC), son of Philippus, of the deme Kydathenaion ( la, Cydathenaeum), was a comic playwright or comedy-writer of ancient Athens and a poet of Old Attic Comedy. Eleven of his ...
's ''
Lysistrata ''Lysistrata'' ( or ; Attic Greek: , ''Lysistrátē'', "Army Disbander") is an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes, originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC. It is a comic account of a woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponne ...
''. * ''
The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus ''The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus'' is a 1990 play by English poet and playwright Tony Harrison. It is partially based on ''Ichneutae'', a satyr play by the fifth-century BC Athenian dramatist Sophocles, which was found in fragments at the Egyptian ...
'' (play), (1990). A hit play. * ''Square Rounds'' (play), Olivier Stage (1992). *'' The Labourers of Herakles'' (play), (1995). *''The Prince's Play'', National Theatre, London, 1996. A translation and adaptation of
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's ''
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''. The play was subsequently published by Faber and Faber. * '' Fram'' (play),
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(10 April 2008).


About Harrison and his poetry

* * * * *


Literary prizes

* 1972 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize (for ''The Loiners'' 1970) * 1983 European Poetry Translation Prize (Aeschylus's ''The Oresteia'' 1981) * 1982
Whitbread Prize for Poetry The Costa Book Awards were a set of annual literary awards recognising English-language books by writers based in UK and Ireland. Originally named the Whitbread Book Awards from 1971 to 2005 after its first sponsor, the Whitbread company, the ...
('' The Gaze of the Gorgon'' 1992) * 2004 Northern Rock Foundation Writer's Award * 2007 Wilfred Owen Poetry Award * 2009 PEN/Pinter prize, inaugural award. * 2010
European Prize for Literature European Prize for Literature (Prix Européen de Littérature) is a European-wide literary award sponsored by the city of Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label= Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin ...
* 2014 European Poetry Prize * 2015
David Cohen Prize The David Cohen Prize for Literature (est. 1993) is a British literary award given to a writer, novelist, short-story writer, poet, essayist or dramatist in recognition of an entire body of work, written in the English language. The prize is funde ...
*201
Premio Feronia


Reviews

* Craig, Cairns (1982), ''Giving Speech to the Silent'', which includes a review of ''Continuous: 50 Sonnets from The School of Eloquence'', in Hearn, Sheila G. (ed.), ''
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'' No. 10, Autumn 1982, pp. 43 & 44,


References


External links

*
Tony Harrison on Bloodaxe Books website
*
Tony Harrison on the Faber and Faber website

Guardian newspaper interview (March 2007)

New Statesman profile (April 1999)
* Archival material a
Leeds University Library
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