Verity Eileen Bargate (1940–1981) was an English novelist and

theatre director A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...

. In 1969, she co-founded the cutting-edge Soho Theatre Company, later known as the

Soho Theatre Soho Theatre is a theatre and registered charity in the Soho district of the City of Westminster, and Soho Theatre Walthamstow in north-east London. It produces and presents new works of theatre, together with comedy and cabaret, across three pe ...

. She also wrote three novels, ''No mama No'', ''Children Crossing'', and ''Tit for Tat''. Her first husband was Soho Theatre co-founder Fred Proud. Her second husband, till her death, was the playwright and screenwriter Barrie Keeffe. She died of cancer at the age of 40. After her death, the Verity Bargate Award was set up in her memory to encourage and reward new writing in the theatre.Award
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bargate, Verity 1940 births 1981 deaths Writers from Exeter English theatre directors British women theatre directors English women novelists 20th-century English novelists