- Poppy Shakespeare
Poppy Shakespeare is fictional story about
mental illness written 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 that she is released from the program. To gain legal aid she must first prove she is sick so that she can get "MAD money" (state benefit). She is befriended by N who helps her work the system.The author Clare Allan spent ten years in a mental health institution.
The book was adapted by
Cowboy Films to a 90-minute drama shown onChannel 4 on 31 March, 2008 and starredAnna Maxwell Martin as N andNaomie Harris as Poppy. [http://www.channel4.com/health/microsites/P/poppy_shakespeare/] The book was short-listed for the BTMind Book of the year 2007 [http://www.mind.org.uk/News+policy+and+campaigns/Press/Book+of+Year+2007.htm] and long-listed for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2007. [http://orangeprize.kentlyons.com/show/feature/orange-longlist-2007]References
*Citation
first=Clare|last=Allan
title=Poppy Shakespeare
publisher=Bloomsbury
date=3 April 2006
isbn=978-0747580461
*Citation
first=Michel|last=Faber
title=It's a MAD world
newspaper=The Guardian
date=April 1 2006
url=http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/generalfiction/0,,1744103,00.html
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