Howard, Roger

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HOWARD, Roger

HOWARD, Roger. British, b. 1938. Genres: Novels, Plays/Screenplays, Poetry, Politics/Government, Literary criticism and history, Theatre. Career: Lecturer, 1979-93, Founding Director, Theatre Underground, since 1979, and Senior Lecturer, 1993, and Ed., New Plays series, since 1980, University of Essex. Teacher, Nankai University, Tientsin, China, 1965-67; Lecturer, University of Peking, 1972-74; Fellow in Creative Writing, University of York, 1976-78; Writing Fellow, University of East Anglia, 1979. Publications: A Phantastic Satire (novel), 1960; From the Life of a Patient (novel), 1961; To the People (poetry), 1966; Praise Songs (poetry), 1966; The Technique of the Struggle Meeting, 1968; The Use of Wall Newspapers, 1968; New Plays 1, 1968; Fin's Doubts, 1968; The Hooligan's Handbook, 1971; Method for Revolutionary Writing, 1972; (ed.) Culture and Agitation: Theatre Documents, 1972; Episodes from the Fighting in the East, 1971; Slaughter Night and Other Plays, 1971; Contemporary Chinese Theatre, 1977; Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese People, 1978; The Society of Poets, 1979; A Break in Berlin, 1980; The Siege, 1981; Partisans, 1983; Ancient Rivers, 1984; The Speechifier, 1984; Contradictory Theatres, 1985; (trans.) Sappa, 1985; Senile Poems, 1988; The Tragedy of Mao and Other Plays, 1989; Britannia and Other Plays, 1990; Selected Poems 1966-1996, 1997. Address: Dept. of Literature, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ, England.