Poppy Shakespeare
| Author | Clare Allan |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Poppy Shakespeare is a novel about mental illness by Clare Allan. It tells the story of day patients at a mental health hospital. The central characters are Poppy Shakespeare, a new patient, and "N", a long-term patient. Poppy arrives at the hospital strongly asserting that she is sane and demanding to be released from the program. To gain legal aid she must first prove she is sick so that she can get "MAD money", a.k.a. state benefits. She is befriended by N, who helps her work the system.
History
Author Clare Allan spent 10 years in a mental health institution.
The book was adapted by Sarah Williams[1] and Cowboy Films to a 90-minute drama shown on Channel 4 on 31 March 2008 and starred Anna Maxwell Martin as N and Naomie Harris as Poppy.[2] The book was short-listed for the Guardian First Book Award 2006,[3] the Orange Award for New Writers 2007[4] and the BT Mind Book of the year 2007[5] and long-listed for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2007.[6]
References
- ↑ Ross, Benjamin (March 31, 2008). "The beauty of Poppy Shakespeare". The Guardian. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
- ↑ "Poppy Shakespeare". Channel 4. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ↑ "First Book Award 2006 - Special Reports - guardian.co.uk Books". theguardian.com. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ↑ "BAILEYS Women's Prize for Fiction » Orange Award for New Writers". womensprizeforfiction.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ↑ "Mind, the mental health charity - help for mental health problems". mind.org.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ↑ Orangeprize.kentlyons.com
Further reading
- Allan, Clare (3 April 2006), Poppy Shakespeare, Bloomsbury, ISBN 978-0-7475-8046-1
- Faber, Michel (April 1, 2006), "It's a MAD world", The Guardian