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Adrian Mitchell
British writer (1932-2008) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 76
Adrian Mitchell FRSL was an English poet, novelist, and playwright. A former journalist, he became a noted figure on the British left. For almost half a century he was the foremost poet of the country's Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament movement.
Adrian Mitchell is read about 35 times a day, in 14 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 18 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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Peter Brook Directed The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade (1967)- Jack Gold Directed Man Friday (1975)
- Tony Garnett Produced The Body (1970)
- Michael Birkett, 2nd Baron Birkett Produced The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade (1967)
Roy Battersby Directed The Body (1970)
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About this person
His best-known poem, "To Whom It May Concern", was his bitterly sarcastic reaction to the televised horrors of the Vietnam War. Mitchell's poems ranged from anarchistic anti-war satire, through love poetry, to stories and poems for children. He also wrote librettos. In 2002, he was nominated, semi-seriously, as Britain's "Shadow Poet Laureate".
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In the same film or series as Adrian
Richard RoundtreeAlso in Man Friday (1975)
W. Morgan SheppardAlso in The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade (1967)
Rosalie CraigAlso in Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (2002)
Peter CellierAlso in Man Friday (1975)
Ram John HolderAlso in Man Friday (1972)
Clifford RoseAlso in The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade (1967)