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Patrick George Magee (né McGee, 31 March 1922 – 14 August 1982) was a Northern Irish actor. He was noted for his collaborations with playwrights Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter, sometimes called "Beckett's favourite actor," as well as creating the role of the Marquis de Sade in the original stage and screen productions of Marat/Sade.
Patrick Magee. Actor: A Clockwork Orange. Born in Armagh, Northern Ireland, Patrick Magee is a classic example of how certain actors rate the stage far more highly than the screen. He was a favorite actor of Samuel Beckett, one of whose greatest plays, 'Krapp's Last Tape', was written specifically for him.
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- Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK
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Patrick Joseph Magee (born 1951) is a former Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer, best known for planting a bomb in the Brighton Grand Hotel targeting Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her Cabinet, which killed five people.
Dec 18, 2022 · Patrick Magee, who planted a bomb that almost killed Margaret Thatcher in 1984, was caught by police in a Glasgow flat after a chance encounter at a railway station. Learn how he evaded the authorities for months and what evidence linked him to the crime.
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After two years of planning, including reconnoitring the 1982 and 1983 Conservative Party Conferences, a long-delay time bomb was planted in the hotel by the IRA member Patrick Magee over three weeks before the 1984 conference.
Mar 21, 2021 · Patrick Magee, who planted a bomb at the Tory Party conference in 1984, shares his story of growing up in Britain and Ireland, joining the IRA, and his friendship with Joanna Berry. Read an extract from his book, Where Grieving Begins: Building Bridges After the Brighton Bomb.
In the first of two interviews, I speak to Patrick Magee, the IRA volunteer who bombed Conservative Party Conference in 1984, whose memoirs 'Where Grieving B...
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