Editing Carole Hayman

{{Short description|English writer, broadcaster, actor and director}}
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'''Carole Hayman''' is an English writer, broadcaster, actor and director. She was born in [[Kent]], and attended [[Leeds University]] and the [[Bristol Old Vic Theatre School]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930053511/http://digitaldeli.co.uk/carolehayman/index.html Carole Hayman profile via Wayback Machine] accessed 20 September 2011</ref> She has been an actress and theatre director and was an associate director at the [[Royal Court Theatre]] in the late eighties. She was married to [[Max Stafford-Clark]], the director of the theatre during some of that period. During that time she appeared in many of [[Caryl Churchill]]'s plays including, ''[[Cloud 9 (play)|Cloud Nine]]'' and ''[[Top Girls]]''.  As Associate Director, she directed plays by [[Sarah Daniels (playwright)|Sarah Daniels]], [[Andrea Dunbar]], G.E. Newman, [[Fay Weldon]] and [[Sue Townsend]], including ''Ripen our Darkness'' and ''Byrthrite'' by Sarah Daniels and ''Bazaar and Rummage'' and ''The Great Celestial Cow'' by Sue Townsend.  She has published many comic and satirical novels and written radio and TV series for the BBC, ITV and Channel Four. These include ''[[Ladies of Letters]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www2.le.ac.uk/library/find/specialcollections/mole50/sue-townsend-playwright-with-carole-hayman-and-janette-legge|title=Sue Townsend: Playwright with Carole Hayman and Janette Legge – University of Leicester|last=snd6|website=www2.le.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-05-15}}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> (co-written with Lou Wakefield) and ''The Refuge'' and ''The Spinney'' (co-written with Sue Townsend).

== Novels ==
*''The Warfleet Chronicles'', consisting of:
**''Missing'' (1998) Gollancz
**''Greed, Crime, Sudden Death'' (1998) Gollancz
**''Connections'' (2002), published online at http://www.sealit.org
*''Hard Choices'' (2001) published online. Later published in hard copy by Aurora Metro.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hardchoices.co.uk/|title=Hard Choices {{!}} Carole Hayman|date=3 September 2006|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060903232909/http://www.hardchoices.co.uk/|archivedate=3 September 2006|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*''Cuddling Sharks'' (2001) published online
*''One to Watch'' (2001) published online
*''[[Ladies of Letters]]'' (series of books and [[BBC Radio 4]] eleven comedy series. ITV three TV series)
**''Ladies of Letters'' (2000) Granada Media
**''More Ladies of Letters'' (2000) Granada Media
**''Ladies of Letters.com'' (2001, Little, Brown)
**''Ladies of Letters Log On'' (2002)
*''The Rashomon Principle'' (2000)
*''Ciaou Kim'' (1989)
*''All The Best Kim'' (1988) HarperCollins

==Television==
She played Mrs Godber in "The Veiled Lady", S2:E2 of [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s [[Agatha Christie's Poirot]], January 14, 1990.
==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0371339}}
* [http://www.loftylife.com Lofty Life], short animations written by Hayman

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