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Heathcote Williams

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English poet, actor and dramatist (1941-2017)

United KingdomActorsLived 1941 to 2017 · aged 75
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John Henley Heathcote-Williams, known as Heathcote Williams, was an English poet, actor, political activist and dramatist. " Williams invented his idiosyncratic "documentary/investigative poetry" style which he put to good purpose bringing a diverse range of environmental and political matters to public attention.

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The National Theatre of Frestonia: by day it was the People's Hall, focal point for the independence movement. It staged Williams's one-act play The Immortalist, in which David Rappaport interviewed a 278-year-old man. In a later Institute of Contemporary Arts production the TV personality Joan Bakewell played the incredulous interviewer.The National Theatre of Frestonia: by day it was the People's Hall, focal point for the independence movement. It staged Williams's one-act play The Immortalist, in which David Rappaport interviewed a 278-year-old man. In a later Institute of Contemporary Arts production the TV personality Joan Bakewell played the incredulous interviewer.

Filmography 36

The Legend of 19001998 · ★ 8.2
City of Ember2008 · ★ 6.4
Basic Instinct 22006 · ★ 5.0
Alice in Wonderland1999 · ★ 6.2
Orlando1992 · ★ 6.9
Looking for Richard1996 · ★ 6.8
The Reckoning2004 · ★ 6.4
Stormy Monday1988 · ★ 5.7
Cousin Bette1998
The Browning Version1994 · ★ 6.5
Blue Juice1995
The Escort1999
The Tempest1979
The Tango Lesson1997
Revelation2001
The Local Stigmatic1990
Hotel2001
The Cold Light of Day1996
Whale Nation2023
All Forgotten2001
Miss Julie1999
Little Dorrit1987
The Steal1995
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis1997
Alegría1999
Nightshift1981
Honest2000
Wet Dreams1974
Malatesta1970
The Sandman2000
Nostradamus2006
Toy Boys1999
W.S.H.: The Myth of the Urban Myth1994
The IMAX Nutcracker1997
Here Is the News1989
Signal to Noise2018

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Television 2

Friends1994
Judge John Deed2001

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John Whiting Award

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Al MatthewsAlso in Stormy Monday (1988)Dušan MakavejevAlso in Wet Dreams (1974)Julie CoxAlso in Alegría (1999)Gabriele LaviaAlso in The Legend of 1900 (1998)Kevin AllenAlso in Toy Boys (1999)Kenny DoughtyAlso in All Forgotten (2001)

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John Henley Heathcote-Williams, known as Heathcote Williams, was an English poet, actor, political activist and dramatist. He wrote a number of book-length polemical poems including Autogeddon, Falling for a Dolphin and Whale Nation, which in 1988 was described by Philip Hoare as "the most powerful argument for the newly instigated worldwide ban on whaling." Williams invented his idiosyncratic "documentary/investigative poetry" style which he put to good purpose bringing a diverse range of environmental and political matters to public attention. His last published work, American Porn was a critique of the American political establishment and the election of President Donald Trump; its publication date was the day of Trump's inauguration. In June 2015 he published a book-length investigative poem about the "Muslim Gandhi", Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Badshah Khan.

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United Kingdom
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Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
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Lived 1941 to 2017 · aged 75
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11 languages

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