Roger Joseph McGough CBE FRSL (/məˈɡɒf/; born 9 November 1937) is an English poet, performance poet, broadcaster, children's author and playwright. He...
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McGough is an Irish surname that originated in Westmeath The McGoughs, according to tradition, are a Milesian people, descended from Colla-da-Chrioch...
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of the Liverpool comedy-poetry-music group The Scaffold (along with Roger McGough and John Gorman). The group formed in 1962 (the year of the Beatles'...
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The Scaffold (category Mike McGear)
consisting of musical performer Mike McGear (real name Peter Michael McCartney, the brother of Paul McCartney), poet Roger McGough and comic entertainer John Gorman...
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best-selling anthology The Mersey Sound, along with Brian Patten and Roger McGough. The trio of Liverpool poets came to prominence in that city's Merseybeat...
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part of the pop-movement. (Roger McGough) The poets most commonly associated with this label are Adrian Henri, Roger McGough and Brian Patten. They were...
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previously dated Lennon. She later married Liverpool poet Roger McGough, but she remembered McCartney as growing from a "plump young schoolboy into someone...
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well-known comedy and song trio in the sixties. Alongside Roger McGough and John Gorman, there was Mike McCartney..." Phil Bowen A Gallery to Play to: The Story...
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cover is a black-and-white photo of McGear/McCartney's mother, Mary McCartney. All songs by Mike McGear & Roger McGough, except where noted. "Woman" – 3:02...
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the novel of the same name, with music by William P. Perry, lyrics by Roger McGough and Perry, and a book by Jane Iredale. The musical premiered in August...
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broadcast an adaptation directed by Gemma Bodinetz and translated by Roger McGough, based on the 2008 Liverpool Playhouse production (see "Modern Productions"...
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chalk on the pavements. Together with the other two Liverpool poets, Roger McGough and Adrian Henri, Patten published The Mersey Sound in 1967. One of...
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Liverpudlian poet Roger McGough (who, coincidentally at that time, was married to Thelma Pickles, a former girlfriend of both Lennon and McCartney), though...
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The Mersey Sound is an anthology of poems by Liverpool poets Roger McGough, Brian Patten and Adrian Henri first published in 1967, when it launched the...
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teamed up with poet Roger McGough, becoming the lone guitarist accompanying The Scaffold, and then joining The Liverpool Scene, with McGough and fellow Liverpool...
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Davis; Bianca Jagger as Dirk McQuickly's wife Martini; Ronnie Wood as a Hells Angel; and Mick Jagger, Paul Simon, and Roger McGough as themselves. Innes, a...
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composer Julian Nott. Narration on the UK releases were performed by Roger McGough and Juliet Stevenson; this version was briefly released in the US by...
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by the Christian Brothers order. Notable alumni include John Birt, Roger McGough, Tony Booth and Cardinal Vincent Nichols. The college was established...
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uk/lucinda-raikes//works/ except where noted. "The Hypochondriac by Roger McGough after Molière". Everyman Playhouse. Archived from the original on 15...
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artists, poets, folk musicians, and sculptors, including Arthur Dooley, Roger McGough, and Adrian Henri, forming what became known as the Liverpool Scene...
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(Arsinoe), Lord Arne, Chris, and manservant Bates. Another adaptation by Roger McGough was premiered by the English Touring Theatre at the Liverpool Playhouse...
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Voices" includes Seamus Heaney, and also Liverpool poets Adrian Henri, Roger McGough and Brian Patten, who at the time were not accepted by mainstream critics...
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Stephen Moore (1982–83), Alun Armstrong (1984), Neil Innes (1985), Roger McGough (1986), and Bernard Bresslaw (1987). In 1988, each episode featured...
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While in the city, he played guitar for Adrian Henri, Brian Patten and Roger McGough – who became known as the Liverpool Poets – including appearances at...
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Robert Webb 1 1 Roger McGough 1 1 Roisin Conaty 1 1 Romesh Ranganathan 1 1 2 1 1 6 Ronni Ancona 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 Rory Bremner 1 1 Rory McGrath 2 2 Rose Matafeo...
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The discography of British musician Paul McCartney consists of 26 studio albums, four compilation albums, ten live albums, 37 video albums, two extended...
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Ivor Cutler (1923–2006) Cyril Fletcher (1913–2005) John Hegley Tim Key Roger McGough Henry Normal Owen O'Neill Lemn Sissay Stanley Unwin (1911–2002) Rogan...
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The Scaffold produced a single called "Goodbat Nightman" (lyrics by Roger McGough, who "has written several poems" about Batman and Robin). Following...
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Regular collaborators include Hiawyn Oram, Roger McGough and John Agard. Satoshi Kitamura worked with Colin McNaughton to create Once Upon an Ordinary School...
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for BBC Radio 4, Polly Thomas and Judith Kampfner Poetry Please with Roger McGough for BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week for Radio 4 including Only In Naples...
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