Dame Muriel Sarah Spark (née Camberg; 1 February 1918 – 13 April 2006) was a Scottish novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist. Muriel Camberg was...
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Samuel Robin Spark (9 July 1938 – 6 August 2016) was a Scottish artist. He was the son of Sidney Oswald Spark and writer Muriel Spark. Prolific in his...
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play, which was in turn based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Muriel Spark. The film stars Maggie Smith in the title role as an unrestrained teacher...
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (novel) (category Novels by Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a novel by Muriel Spark, the best known of her works. It was first published in The New Yorker magazine and was published...
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The Driver's Seat (novel) (category Novels by Muriel Spark)
The Driver's Seat is a novella by Muriel Spark. Published in 1970, it was advertised as "a metaphysical shocker". It is in the psychological thriller genre...
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Giuseppe Patroni Griffi. Based on the 1970 novella The Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark, it is a psychological drama starring Elizabeth Taylor and Ian Bannen...
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the leading character in the novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark. Kay, an only child, was born at 4 Grindlay Street, Edinburgh, where...
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Brian Moore Andrew O'Hagan V. S. Naipaul Richard Powers Zadie Smith Muriel Spark Graham Swift Sarah Waters 2 nominations Martin Amis Tash Aw Paul Bailey...
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A Far Cry from Kensington (category Novels by Muriel Spark)
Cry from Kensington is a novel (and a roman à clef) by British author Muriel Spark, published in 1988. Set in 1954, it is narrated by Agnes (known as Nancy)...
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Role Playwright Venue Ref. 2006 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Sandy Muriel Spark Acorn Theatre, Off-Broadway 2007 100 Saints You Should Know Abby Kate...
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