Background
Hastings was born in London, United Kingdom.
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And in the Forest the Indians
(London published Fiction)
London published Fiction
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The Cutting of the Cloth (Oberon Modern Plays)
( In the work-room of a Savile Row tailors, 1953, two mas...)
In the work-room of a Savile Row tailors, 1953, two master craftsmen go to battle over hand-sewing versus machine-sewn suits. Sparks fly as each fights his own corner with biting wit and vicious humor. Into the mix steps Maurice, a teenager at the very start of his apprenticeship. Will he survive the grueling training to become a master tailor?
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The Nightcomers
(First edition. Tie-in to movie starring Marlon Brando, wi...)
First edition. Tie-in to movie starring Marlon Brando, with front cover photo of Brando. 160 pages. Paperback. Dell Publishing Co., Inc. 1972 stated first Dell printing, a first thus.
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Tussy is Me by Michael Hastings (1970-09-06)
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Lee Harvey Oswald: A Far Mean Streak of Independence Brought On By Negleck
( Dallas, Texas. 12.30pm. Friday, 22 November 1963. Presi...)
Dallas, Texas. 12.30pm. Friday, 22 November 1963. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated. 48 hours later, Lee Harvey Oswald himself was murdered. Told through the eyes of Oswald’s wife and mother, coupled with extracts from the Warren Commission’s report, we follow the unsettled drifting life of Lee Harvey Oswald his loveless marriage to his Russian wife, his challenging relationship with his mother and his pathological hatred of Kennedy’s life and achievements. Oswald had the means, motive and opportunity, but did he even do it? Could a man who never did anything on his own murder a President?
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Lee Harvey Oswald: A Far Mean Streak of Independence Brought On By Negleck by Hastings, Michael (2014) Paperback
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Three Plays - The Long and the Short and the Tall; Yes, and After; Each His Own Wilderness
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Michael Hastings
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His early plays (, ) reflected the influence of the Angry Young Men movement and his brief involvement with the circle surrounding Colin Wilson. He wrote numerous stage plays, television screen plays, and in addition to the Tom & Viv film, scripts for two motion pictures, The American (1998) and The Nightcomers (1971, based on Henry James" short story "The Turn of the Screw" and starring Marlon Brando). Hastings also wrote two libretti for Michael Nyman: Manitoba and Boy: Dada (2003, assisted by Victoria Hardie) and Love Counts (2005).
Hastings" 1950"s play The Cutting of the Cloth saw its world premiere at the Southwark Playhouse in London, from 11 March till 4 April 2015.
The cast were Alexis Caley, Andy de la Tour, James El-Sharawy, Paul Rider and Abigail Thaw, directed by Tricia Thorns. He published his first novel, The Game in 1957, followed by The Frauds.
As a poet, he published one collection, Love Maine, Lambeth, and Other Poems,in 1961, and his work appeared in Horovitz"s 1969 anthology Children of Albion: of the Underground in Britain. Hastings died aged 73 on 19 November 2011.
Achievements
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He later enjoyed mainstream West End success with Gloo Joo (1978), a farce about a West Indian threatened with deportation from the United Kingdom, which won the Evening Standard Comedy of the Year Award in 1979. His 1970 novel Tussy Is Maine – about Eleanor Marx – won him the Somerset Maugham Award.
Works
book
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The Cutting of the Cloth (Oberon Modern Plays)
( In the work-room of a Savile Row tailors, 1953, two mas...)
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And in the Forest the Indians
(London published Fiction)
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The Nightcomers
(First edition. Tie-in to movie starring Marlon Brando, wi...)
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Lee Harvey Oswald: A Far Mean Streak of Independence Brought On By Negleck
( Dallas, Texas. 12.30pm. Friday, 22 November 1963. Presi...)
- Three Plays: Each His Own Wilderness,The Long and the Short and the Tall,Yes, and After
- Tussy is Me by Michael Hastings (1970-09-06)
- Lee Harvey Oswald: A Far Mean Streak of Independence Brought On By Negleck by Hastings, Michael (2014) Paperback
- Three Plays - The Long and the Short and the Tall; Yes, and After; Each His Own Wilderness
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The Cutting of the Cloth (Oberon Modern Plays)
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Born
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Died
November 19, 2011 (aged 73) -
Nationality
United Kingdom