Nick Drake (poet)
Nick Drake (born 1961) is a British poet, playwright, screenwriter, librettist, and novelist.[1][2]
Early life and education
[edit]Nick Drake was born near London, England, in 1961.[3] His father was from Prague, Czechoslovakia, and his mother from Northampton.[2]
He first went to school in Cookham, Berkshire, and then St Albans Grammar School. He attended Magdalene College, Cambridge.[2]
Career
[edit]Drake has been Literary Associate at the National Theatre, then Literary Manager at the Bush Theatre in Shepherd's Bush, and then Head of Development at Intermedia Films.[3]
He has also taught creative writing at the Arvon Foundation and Goldsmiths' College.[3]
Drake became a full-time freelance writer in 2002.[3]
Writing
[edit]His poems include "From The Song Dynasty"[4] and "Static".[5]
"The Farewell Glacier" was the name of both a poem and a collection by Drake, published in 2012, after he had participated in Cape Farewell's 2010 Arctic Expedition to Svalbard.[3]
Drake's "choral play" for the stage, All the Angels, was first performed in 2015 at the Sam Wanamaker Theatre.[6]
He wrote the screenplay for the Australian film based on philosopher Raimond Gaita's autobiography, Romulus, My Father, which starred Eric Bana as Gaita's father.[3]
Work
[edit]Rahotep novels
[edit]- Nefertiti: The Book of the Dead 2007
- Tutankhamun: The Book of Shadows 2010
- Egypt: The Book of Chaos 2011
Poetry collections
[edit]- The Man in the White Suit 1999
- From the Word Go 2007
- The Farewell Glacier 2012
- Out of Range 2018
Film and TV
[edit]- Romulus My Father
- Making Noise Quietly
- One Life
- White Mughals
- Baghdad Wedding
- The Devil in the Kitchen
Stage Plays
[edit]- All The Angels
- Success
- To Walk the Clouds
- Stasiland
- New version of Lope de Vega's Peribanez and the Comendador of Ocana
Opera Libretti
[edit]- Tansy Davies Between Worlds
- Tansy Davies Cave
Words for Music
[edit]- Rachel Portman Earth Song
- Rachel Portman Tipping Points
- Tansy Davies The Ice Core Sample Says
- Tansy Davies This Love
- Tansy Davies Static
Radio
[edit]- The Farewell Glacier
- Angel / Mr Sweet Talk
References
[edit]- ^ "Next Generation Poets". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 21 May 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ a b c "About". Nick Drake. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "Nick Drake". Cape Farewell. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Poems for a wedding". The Guardian. 22 April 2011.
- ^ "Static by Nick Drake". The Guardian. 5 June 2004.
- ^ Wicker, Tom (9 December 2016). "All the Angels: Handel and the First Messiah". The Stage.
