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==Bibliography== === Poetry === * ''[[The Loiners]]'' (1970) * ''From the School of Eloquence and Other Poems'' (1978) * ''Continuous (50 Sonnets from the School of Eloquence and Other Poems)'' (1981) * ''A Kumquat for John Keats'' (1981) * ''[[V (poem)|V]]'' (1985) * '' Dramatic Verse,1973–85'' (1985) * ''The Gaze of the Gorgon'' (1992) * ''Black Daisies for the Bride'' (1993) * ''The Shadow of Hiroshima and Other Film/Poems'' (1995) * ''The Bright Lights of Sarajevo'' (1995) * ''Laureate's Block and Other Occasional Poems'' (2000) * ''Under the Clock'' (2005) * ''Selected Poems'' (2006) * ''Collected Poems'' (2007) * ''Collected Film Poetry'' (2007) * ''Kumkwat dla Johna Keatsa'', in [[Polish language|Polish]], [[Bohdan Zadura]] (trans.), Warszawa: PIW (1990) * ''Sztuka i zagłada'', in Polish, Bohdan Zadura (trans.), Legnica: Biuro Literackie (1999) === Pamphlets === * ''Earthworks'' (1964) * ''Newcastle is Peru'' (1969) * ''Bow Down'' (1977) * ''Looking Up'' (1979) * ''A Kumquat for John Keats'' (1981) * ''The Fire Gap '' (1985) * ''Anno Forty Two, Seven New Poems'' (1987) * ''Ten Sonnets from "The School of Eloquence"'' (1987) * ''A Cold Coming'' (1991) * ''A Maybe Day in Kazakhstan'' (1994) * ''Polygons'' (2017) === Film and television === * ''[[The Blue Bird (1976 film)|The Blue Bird]]'': lyrics for [[George Cukor]] film (1976) * ''Arctic Paradise'': verse commentary for film in series ''[[Natural World (TV series)|The World About Us]]'', producer: Andree Molyneux for [[BBC Two]] (1981) * ''[[The Oresteia]]'': translation for [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] production with music by Harrison Birtwistle, filmed for [[Channel Four]] television. (October 1983) * ''The Big H'': musical drama, producer: Andree Molyneux, for [[BBC Two]], (December 1984) * ''[[The Mysteries]]'': adaption of medieval English mystery plays for [[Royal National Theatre|the National Theatre]], produced by Bill Bryden and Derek Bailey, filmed for [[Channel Four]] television. December 1985, January 1986) * ''Loving Memory'' four poem-films, producer [[Peter Symes]] for BBC Two ** ''Letters in Rock'': (July 1987) ** ''Mimmo Perrella Non è Piu'': (July 1987) ** ''Muffled Bells'': (July 1987) ** ''Cheating the Void'': (August 1987) * ''[[V (poem)|v.]]'': poem filmed for television, producer [[Richard Eyre]] for [[Channel 4]] (1987) * ''[[The Blasphemers' Banquet]]'': poem-film producer Peter Symes for [[BBC One]] (1989) * ''[[The Gaze of the Gorgon]]'': poem-film for television. (1992) which examines the politics of conflict in the 20th century using the Gorgon as a metaphor. The imaginary narration of the film is done through the mouth of Jewish poet [[Heinrich Heine]]. Located in [[Corfu]] the film describes the connection between the Corfu Gorgon at the [[Artemis Temple of Corfu]] and [[Kaiser Wilhelm II]]<ref>{{cite web|publisher=British Film Institute|title=The Gaze of the Gorgon|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/478387?view=synopsis|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213075155/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/478387?view=synopsis|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-12-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Merten|first=Karl|title=Antike Mythen – Mythos Antike: posthumanistische Antikerezeption in der englischsprachigen Lyrik der Gegenwart|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dg6tAf3x1zIC&pg=PA106|access-date=4 May 2013|year=2004|publisher=Wilhelm Fink Verlag|isbn=978-3-7705-3871-3|pages=105–106|quote=der Räume und Kunstwerke des Achilleions hat, von entsprechendem dokumentarischem Filmmaterial begleitet.}}</ref> * ''[[Prometheus (1998 film)|Prometheus]]'': television film, also directed by the author (1998) === Theatre and opera === * ''Aikin Mata'' with [[James Simmons (poet)|James Simmons]] (play), Nigeria (March 1964). An adaption of [[Aristophanes]]'s ''[[Lysistrata]]''. * ''The Misanthrope'' (play), [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre Company]] (opened at [[the Old Vic]] on 20 February 1973). Adaptation of [[Molière]]'s ''[[The Misanthrope|Le Misanthrope]]''. * ''Phaedra Britannica'' (play), [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre Company]] (opened at [[the Old Vic]] on 3 September 1975). Adaptation of [[Jean Racine|Racine]]'s ''[[Phèdre]]'' * ''Bow Down'' (play with [[Harrison Birtwistle]]), [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] (4 July 1977).<ref name="universaledition">{{cite web|url=http://www.universaledition.com/Bow-Down-Sir-Harrison-Birtwistle/composers-and-works/composer/64/work/1402|title=Sir Harrison Birtwistle – Bow Down – Universal Edition|publisher=universaledition.com|access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref> * ''[[The Bartered Bride]]'', translation into English of the opera by [[Bedrich Smetana]], first seen at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] on 25 October 1978 *''[[Yan Tan Tethera (opera)|Yan Tan Tethera]]'' (libretto for Harrison Birtwistle's opera), (1986).<ref name="universaledition2">{{cite web|url=http://www.universaledition.com/Sir-Harrison-Birtwistle/composers-and-works/composer/64/work/5837|title=Sir Harrison Birtwistle – Yan Tan Tethera – Universal Edition|publisher=universaledition.com|access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref> * ''The Common Chorus'' (play), (1988). An adaption of [[Aristophanes]]'s ''[[Lysistrata]]''. * ''[[The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus]]'' (play), (1990). A hit play. * ''Square Rounds'' (play), Olivier Stage (1992).<ref>{{cite news |title=A Sub-Brechtian 'Square Rounds' |first=Sheridan |last=Morley |author-link=Sheridan Morley |date=7 October 1992 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/07/style/07iht-lond_0.html}}</ref><ref name="independent">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-bang-bang-dead-confusing-square-rounds-olivier-national-theatre-who-shall-i-be-tomorrow-1555481.html |title=THEATRE / Bang, bang, dead confusing: Square Rounds – Olivier, National Theatre, 4 October 1992; Who Shall I Be Tomorrow? – Greenwich Theatre; The Darling Family – Old Red Lion; Lady Aoi – New End | Culture | |work=The Independent |access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref> *''[[The Labourers of Herakles]]'' (play), (1995). *''The Prince's Play'', National Theatre, London, 1996. A translation and adaptation of [[Victor Hugo]]'s ''[[Le Roi s'amuse]]''. The play was subsequently published by Faber and Faber.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-the-princes-play-royal-national-theatre-1306267.html Independent newspaper review of the play, 22 April 1996.] Accessed 16 January 2015.</ref> * ''[[Fram (play)|Fram]]'' (play), [[Royal National Theatre]] (10 April 2008). === About Harrison and his poetry === * {{cite book |title=Tony Harrison |series=Bloodaxe Critical Anthologies |volume= 1 |editor1-last=Astley |editor1-first=Neil |editor-link=Neil Astley |year=1991 |publisher=Bloodaxe Books |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |isbn=1-85224-079-2 }} * {{cite book |title=Tony Harrison: Loiner |editor1-last=Byrne |editor1-first=Sandie |year=1997 |publisher=Clarendon Press |location=Oxford |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=miISDAAAQBAJ |isbn=0-19-818430-1}} * {{cite book |last=Rutter |first=Carol |year=1995 |title=Permanently Bard |publisher=Bloodaxe Books |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |isbn=1-85224-262-0 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/permanentlybards0000harr }} * {{cite book |last=Sheehan |first=Sean |title=The Poetry of Tony Harrison |series=Focus On |year=2008 |publisher=Greenwich Exchange |location=London |isbn=978-1-906075-15-6}} * {{cite book |last=Spencer |first=Luke |year=1994 |title=The Poetry of Tony Harrison |location=Hemel Hempstead |publisher=Harvester Wheatsheaf |isbn=0-7450-1588-3}}
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