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declared |
With a new BBC adaption of his
work, writer Patrick Hamilton is about to be rediscovored. Michael
Holroyd tells Dan Carrier why he should be remembered
PATRICK Hamilton was never seen as be part of the Bloomsbury
Set, despite being a Bright Young Thing.
It was a surprising emission, considering his Marxist politics,
his profession as a writer and the times and places he saw and lived
through. Whereas his contemporaries – the likes of Virginia
Woolf, Vita Sackville-West, EM Forster, Lytton Strachey, Vanessa
Bell – were all household names, Hamilton’s works became
famous, rather than his moniker.
This was in spite of being responsible for two thrillers that when
made into films have become landmarks: Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope,
and Gaslight, which starred Ingrid Bergman.
Now, in the centennial year of his birth, his most haunting collection
of works, 20,000 Streets Under The Sky, are due to screened by the
BBC – and according to writer and Hamilton fan Michael Holroyd,
the three-part drama will bring the author to a new audience and
underline his rightful place in the canon of 20th-century English
literature.
It also offers a fascinating glimpse into Camden in the 1930s.
Holroyd, who lives in Hampstead and has been awarded the prestigious
David Cohen prize for literature this year, didn’t hear about
Hamilton from anyone. No one recommended he read his books. |
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| OTHER
HEADLINES |
| A
political match made in heaven |
| BOOKS |
| Connolly
goes back to the 50s |
| BOOKS |
| Strong
diagnosis of the ailing NHS patient |
| BOOKS |
| Not
a load of pants |
| MOVIES |
| Fare
dodger returns |
| MUSIC: GROOVES
AND CLASSICAL |
| Classical
listings & Top five gigs |
| MUSIC LISTINGS |
| Wind
cries Jimi |
| THEATRE |
| Theatre
listings |
| THEATRE |
| No
danger of these treats Wareing thin |
| RESTAURANT
REVIEW |
| Hop
back to Dickensian era |
| THE GOOD
LIFE |
| An
Iberian treat to fill a host of hungry guests |
| THE GOOD
LIFE |
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