Elizabeth Clark

Elizabeth Clark

Elizabeth Thoms Clark (nee Carswell) (22 June 1918 near Newcastle - 1978) was a British poet and playwright.

"Signal at Red", written 1964, was inspired by a phrase from her correspondent, John Cairns, and alluded both to him and her former lover, Ian Hamilton Finlay. The latter personified sexual love for her. Another poem, "In Memoriam" 1971, deals with another of her themes, death, by suicide, primarily incited by that of her sister, Joan's.

She wrote many playlets, the most successful being a revue, "Nothing May Come Of It", which incorporated music and dance with the drama. She was never able to write a full-length play, her own explanation being given in a letter to her correspondent. Her correspondence with him is her magnum opus.


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