Poems for the Working Class by Steven Berkoff
As a young man the word poetry seemed to conjure up lyrical 'bardologists' tramping across Hampstead Heath in open sandals and with dewy eyes celebrating spring's first appearance of a crocus. Of course the reverse is true, Dylan Thomas and T.S. Eliot could hardly be defined by such a description. Poetry is an intense form of expression and allows one to explore, in depth, whatever subject you choose to write about by paying homage to it. It can heal wounds and raise alarm bells when you feel the compulsion to do so. My poem for the victims of 9/11 in 'Requiem for Ground Zero' was the only way I could bring to the page those dreadful events. Poetry peels back the skin, then penetrates the soul.
Steven Berkoff was born in Stepney, East London, and first studied acting at the City Literary Institute in Holborn when he was nineteen. Following full time training at the Webber Douglas School of Drama, he worked extensively in repertory theatre in England and Scotland, doing every job from understudy to stage management. In 1968 he formed his own company, The London Theatre Group. Through mime, ensemble work and voice, the group developed their own innovative theatrical language. Berkoff's encounter with the great mime teacher Jacques Lecoq in Paris was seminal in this. Steven Berkoff's plays include 'East', 'West', 'Sink the Belgrano!', 'Kvetch', 'Ritual in Blood', 'Oedipus', 'Messiah: Scenes from a Crucifixion', 'The Secret Love Life of Ophelia'. 'Decadence', 'Sit and Shiver', 'Greek' (adapted as an opera by Mark Anthony Turnage), 'Harry's Christmas', 'Acapulco', 'Massage', 'Sturm und Drang' and 'Brighton Beach Scumbags'. He has written an autobiography, 'Free Association' and many theatre books including 'I am Hamlet', 'Overview' and 'Meditations on Metamorphosis'. Among Berkoff's film credits are 'A Clockwork Orange', 'Barry Lyndon', 'Octopussy', 'The Tourist', 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' and his own version of Poe's 'The Tell Tale Heart'.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781839756283 |
| ISBN 10 | 1839756284 |
| Title | Poems for the Working Class |
| Author | Steven Berkoff |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 2021-06-18 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
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