Davy King

Davy King is a British writer, born 1951, Isle of Thanet. King studied with Frank Kermode at University College London, & Norman MacCaig at the University of Stirling. He performed frequently in Edinburgh Fringe & other festivals (inc. Glastonbury, 1983), appearing as 'Kamikaze Bard Little Davy King's Performing Doggerel'. Dubbing himself a 'Purveyor of Videosyncratic Vaudeville Verse', he utilised mime, costumes & props to dramatic effect. He is perhaps best known for fiercely funny political satire.

Mainly, though not exclusively, a comic writer, Davy King aspires to "high seriousness with a sense of humour" (in his own phrase, adapted from Matthew Arnold.)

MacCaig, with whom he also did many 'readings', described Davy King & his work as follows: "An individual voice...an admirable directness...behind the wit that's a necessary element in effective irony there is here a mind at work - all right at play - whose seriousness is not to be doubted...a mind committed to matters of some importance."

Davy King's writing has appeared in The Guardian & various magazines & anthologies.

Publications include:

'End of the World Show (Nuclear Program' (booklet,1979)

'Late News/Early Warning' (booklet, 1984)

'Songs of Frustrated Lust & Seduction' (ISBN 0-9550199-0-7, published by INKunabular CLONES, 2005)

'Year of the Dog' (ISBN 0-9550199-1-5, CD-ROM, published by INKunabular CLONES, 2006)

His work has been broadcast on BBC radio & can also be found in the National Sound Archive & Scottish Screen Archive. Currently, his web-based experiments attract a world-wide audience.

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