Verity bargate biography of michael

  • In , Sebastian's play The Power of Love was shortlisted for the coveted Verity Bargate new writing award.
  • Jack Michael Stacey is a playwright and actor whose first play was shortlisted for the Verity Bargate Award; he was also the runner-up for the Sir Alec Guinness.
  • Sebastian was born in Manchester, UK, into a Swiss family.

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    Sebastian Michael

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    Sebastian Michael was born in Manchester, UK, into a Swiss family who flew him to Basel in a red wicker basket, when he was just six weeks old.

    He grew up in Basel, where his first two plays, Sentimental Breakdown and Dialog were performed while he was still at school and university. At the age of 21, Sebastian moved back to England, making his favourite city in the world, London, his home.

    Sebastian has written several stage plays, among them The Power of Love, Love Hurts and Time After Time, which together now form the Love Trilogy and each of which individually reached the shortlist, long list and final ten
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    Joseph Coelho on his poem marking Michael Rosen winning the PEN Pinter Prize

    Being asked to pen a poem to celebrate Michael Rosen winning the PEN Pinter Prize was a complete honour. I have long been a fan of his, and recall fondly reading and hearing his poems when I was a kid. I have been fortunate to share a stage with Michael on a few occasions, and it’s always a joy to see the rock-and-roll poet welcome he receives from the audience – from young and old(er) alike. I wanted to try and capture this wave of excitement, to allow the reader to experience the audience whisperings, the hope and excitement, and the wonder of seeing Michael perform live.  

    Michael’s writing centres on poetry, and so it felt apt to incorporate the essence of poetry into his corporeal form through the very same medium. His eyebrows become haikus, his mouth the ever-laughing limerick, his legs bounding ballads. Poetry is eternal; through its creation, the poet becomes immortal.

    The poem had its fi

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    Verity Bargate wrote three short, savage novels &#; No Mama No (), Children Crossing (), and Tit for Tat () &#; before dying too, too young at the age of 41 just as reviews for her third novel were coming out. I found three cheap, battered Fontana paperbacks of Bargate&#;s books in a London bookshop years ago, but something about the cover of No Mama No gave me the impression that it was about child abuse and so for years I was put off reading it.

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