Heathcote Williams

Heathcote Williams is a poet, playwright, author, and actor. His first book, The Speakers , was published in 1964. A portrait of the orators at Speakers Corner in Hyde Park, it was greeted with critical acclaim. He went on to write his epic poems Whale Nation , Autogedden , Sacred Elephant , and Falling for a Dolphin , which were all published by Jonathan Cape and released as audiobooks, and have won numerous awards. Heathcote is also an award-winning playwright. His first full length play, AC...See more

Heathcote Williams is a poet, playwright, author, and actor. His first book, The Speakers , was published in 1964. A portrait of the orators at Speakers Corner in Hyde Park, it was greeted with critical acclaim. He went on to write his epic poems Whale Nation , Autogedden , Sacred Elephant , and Falling for a Dolphin , which were all published by Jonathan Cape and released as audiobooks, and have won numerous awards. Heathcote is also an award-winning playwright. His first full length play, AC/DC , won a hat trick of prestigious awards: the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Play, the George Devine Award, and the John Whiting Award. His later play, The Local Stigmatic , first played at the Royal Court in 1966 and was made into a film by Al Pacino. In 2011, Roy Hutchins launched a show of Heathcote's newer poems entitled Zanzibar Cats which has had a UK Tour and a run in Edinburgh where it won the prestigious Herald Archangel Award. Heathcote lives in Oxford, England with his wife, Diana Senior. See less