Education:
M.A., Cambridge University (United Kingdom) - 1998 (English)
B.A. Honors, Cambridge University (United Kindgom) - 1965 (English)
Areas of Expertise:
Novels ancient and modern, from Sterne to the present day; drama from Aeschylus to Mamet. Harrison speaks four languages well and has attempted to learn a total of nine. His publications include translations from French, German, Italian and, most recently, Arabic.
Books and Publications
Publication of How To Push Through, the final novel in the quartet of novels (previously known as the Liskeard quartet) entitled The Heart Beneath, the highly praised and prize-winning (The Encore Award from the UK Society of Authors) novel-sequence, of which the opening book was long-listed for the Booker Prize. From start to finish, the quartet took 49 years to complete. Eight other novels were written and published while The Heart Beneath was being composed, including the Justice quintet of novels. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2016
Dog's Mercury, a novel, published by Dr. Cicero Books. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2014
Who Was That Lady, a novel, published by Dr. Cicero Books. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2014
Justice, a novel, published in the United States by Dr. Cicero Books, and in the United Kingdom by Skyscraper Publications. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2013
Creative Work
Dog's Mercury, a play adapted from the novel of the same name, and from the play Hedgerow Specimen. Production forthcoming in London. 2014
Nero at the Movies, a new play, directed by the author for the Woodstock Players. 2014
Seven Favorite Maladies of Ludwig van Beethoven, a new play premiered at the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice. 2014
New production of The Secret Garden' by Opera Weston, Vermont, forthcoming. 2014
An Interview With the Notorious Monster, Dorothea Farber, a new play directed by the author for the Woodstock Players, performed in repertoire with Rex & Rex. 2013
Rex & Rex, a new play for the Woodstock Players, performed in repertoire with An Interview With the Notorious Monster, Dorothea Farber. 2013
Premiere of a new play, Hitler's Therapist, adapted from the radio play Hitler in Therapy, directed by the author and performed by the Woodstock Players at the Byrdcliffe Festival of the Arts. 2013
"The Secret Garden," libretto for a new opera composed by Nolan Gasser, commissioned by the San Francisco Opera and premiered there in 2014. 2012
Hedgerow Specimen, a new stage play performed by the Woodstock Players in June and re-mounted with the original cast at the Byrdcliffe Festival of the Arts, in Woodstock, N.Y. 2012
Sometimes a Mushroom Is Only a Mushroom, radio drama for SuedWestFunk, Koeln, Germany, broadcast in 2013. 2012
Woman on the Road: An American Story, radio drama for Radio Deutschland, Berlin. 2012
Cataract, a play written for the Woodstock Players. 2011
Magus, a fantasia, a play produced by the Woodstock Players at the Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, New York, and directed by the author. 2011
Midget in a Catsuit Reciting Spinoza, a play produced by the Woodstock Players at the Byrdcliffe Theater in Woodstock, N.Y., and directed by the author. 2011
