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Michael Hastings

マイケル・ヘイスティングス

Maikeru Heisutingu su

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1938-09-02 （London, England）
Died
2011-11-19 （United Kingdom） age 73
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Residence History
London, United Kingdom

Career

Occupations
playwright, screenwriter, novelist, poet
Active Years
1956-2011
Influenced By
Colin Wilson

Awards

Somerset Maugham Award
1970
Work: Tussy Is Me
Organization: Society of Authors
Result: winner
Evening Standard Comedy of the Year Award
1979
Work: Gloo Joo
Organization: Evening Standard
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Tom & Viv

1984 play

A play about poet T.S. Eliot and his wife Vivienne Haigh-Wood.

marriagemental illnessliterature
Adaptations
  • [film] Tom & Viv / Brian Gilbert (1994)

Gloo Joo

1978 farce

A farce about a West Indian facing deportation from the UK.

immigrationrace

Tussy Is Me

1970 novel

A novel about Eleanor Marx.

socialismwomen

Bibliography

  • Don't Destroy Me (1956)
  • Yes - and After (1957)
  • The Game (1957)
  • The Frauds (1960)
  • Love Me, Lambeth, and Other Poems (1961)
  • Tussy Is Me (1970)
  • The Nightcomers (1971)
  • Gloo Joo (1978)

Adaptations

  • The Nightcomers (film, 1971)
  • Tom & Viv (film, 1994)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Angry Young Men influencerealism
Recurring Motifs
social issuesimmigration

Legacy

British playwright best known for Tom & Viv, influenced by Angry Young Men, active in plays, screenplays, novels, and poetry.

Archives

  • Harry Ransom Center

Trivia

  • His 1973 play The Cutting of the Cloth premiered posthumously in 2015.