Person Open DS/UK/13181 Beard; Francesca (1968); Malaysian writer and performance poet Beard Francesca 1968 Malaysian writer and performance poet Female (cisgender) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (born)

Malaysian British Writer Poet Asian No known disability No known religious affiliation Heterosexual Francesca Beard is a Malaysian writer and performance poet. She has represented contemporary British literature all over the world, from Azerbaijan to Bulgaria to Colombia, in all sorts of venues, from a Moscow library to a Melbourne jazz club. She has a one-woman show, Chinese Whispers. Long-time collaborator Piers Faccini composed the music for the show. Faccini and Beard were co-founders of musical collective "Charley Marlowe", which disbanded in 2002. She has been writer-in-residence for the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace and the Metropolitan Police, and run workshops for many institutions, including the British Library, the National Theatre and the Natural History Museum. In 2005, her first radio play, The Healing Pool, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and London Live. As a playwright, her work was showcased in Pentabus Theatre's production of Open White Spaces at the 2006 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She has had a short play on at the Royal Court Theatre. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesca_Beard (2023) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHdroberts 2/26/2014 RAHAKirkbride 11/9/2023 d297f0a5-e2a7-441a-86c1-fd2ba553e63f