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Nick Burbridge (born 1954) is a British novelist, poet, dramatist, journalist, short story and song writer.〔'Starting Off', ''Kaleidoscope'', BBC Radio 4, 25 April 1986.〕 He suffers from chronic depression,〔''Disorderly Conduct'', ''R2'' Vol 2 No. 12〕 and his writing often concerns itself with the dispossessed, those at the margins of society. In fRoots, Jerry Gilbert described him as "a second-generation Irishman with a high intellect and an angry disposition."〔'Two Hours Later', Jerry Gilbert meets Nick Burbridge fRoots, Jan/Feb 1994.〕 ==Writing== Burbridge's short stories and poetry have appeared in numerous literary magazines, such as Agenda, Stand and Ambit, Arts Council Anthologies,〔See Beryl Bainbridge (ed.), ''New Stories'', Hutchinson 1980, Susan Hill (ed.), ''New Stories'', Hutchinson, 1981, and Francis King (ed)., ''Twenty Stories'' Secker & Warburg 1985.〕 and on BBC Radio 4. Burbridge's plays have been performed on the Brighton and London fringe, and on tour. Bright Red Theatre's double-bill ''Neck'' and ''Cutting Room'', which dealt with political extremism, toured nationally in 1988.〔"A strong sustained performance". Mick Martin, The Guardian, London, 25 January 1988.〕 ''Vermin'', about the homeless, was premiered at the Brighton Festival and transferred to the Finborough in 1991. ''Cock Robin,'' about recovering alcoholics, was a runner up in the Verity Bargate Award for new writing, while ''Scrap'', dealing with teenage disorders, received an Arts Council Research and Development award in 1996. Burbridge's fringe work was revived by Otherplace Productions at Bankside's Rose Theatre in '' Hard Chair Stories'', a piece about living with severe disability, and taken to 3 & 10, Brighton Festival 2008.〔Sarah Agnew, The Argus, Brighton, 9 May 2008.()〕 As the founder of Tommy McDermott's Theatre in 1989, a company committed to producing contemporary drama centred on social issues, Burbridge worked with, among others, the Soho Theatre, Jack Bradley (Literary Manager at the National Theatre) and playwrights Mark Ravenhill and Diane Samuels. This led to a number of media appearances, including a televised debate about arts funding, on a panel with Patrick Garland and Nicholas de Jongh.〔''This Way Out'', TVS, May 1991.〕 He has also had work produced on BBC Radio, such as the Monday Play ''Grosse Fugue''〔''Grosse Fugue'', dir. Andy Jordan, BBC Radio 4, 6.11.95〕 and the Afternoon Play ''Rites Of Passage''.〔'' Rites Of Passage'', dir. Celia de Woolff, BBC Radio 4. "A promising black comedy that mines a seam of human experience to which radio is particularly well-suited." Sunday Times, London, 12 September 1999.〕〔(Radio choice, Jenny Gilbert, 12 September 1999, The Independent )〕 Burbridge has published the full-length novel ''Operation Emerald'', under the pseudonym Dominic McCartan, concerning those caught up in the Troubles in Northern Ireland.〔Dominic McCartan, ''Operation Emerald'', Pluto Press, London 1985/reprinted in the US by Red Dembner, 1986. ISBN 0-7453-0006-5 "No escapist heroics here but a good few home truths." Tribune 27 Sept 1985. "Among the most satisfying thrillers to emerge in the past year." Charles Shaar Murray, NME 16 Nov 1985.〕 As a manuscript, this reached the final shortlist for the 1984 Triple First Award, run jointly by The Bodley Head, Penguin Books and The Book Club Association, adjudicated by William Trevor and Graham Greene. A non-fiction work, ''War Without Honour'', where he collaborated with Fred Holroyd, an ex-military intelligence officer, was launched at the House of Commons, and caused a political stir.〔 Burbridge originally secured a commission from Harrap, but the company withdrew before going to press, and the work was issued by a small independent publisher, Medium; according to Tam Dalyell, the material concerned "the probity of the British Government at the top", though others have not been convinced by the claims. Burbridge has also written analytical articles on poetry and ethnic music for magazines like R2 (Rock'n'Reel) exploring the link between personal and political disorder and creativity.〔''Rock'n'Reel'' (Vol 2 No 5/Vol 2 No 12).〕 In August 2010 Burbridge contributed to an eBook collection of political poems entitled ''Emergency Verse – Poetry in Defence of the Welfare State'' edited by Alan Morrison〔http://www.therecusant.org.uk The Recusant eZine〕 He has written a new full length poetry collection, ''The Unicycle Set'', published by Waterloo Press, February 2011.〔The Unicycle Set, Waterloo Press, 2011. ISBN 978-1-906742-28-7〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nick Burbridge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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