Biography
Jamieson graduated with a first-class BA honours degree from DeMontfort University and a MA with Distinction from University of Warwick. Jamieson wrote his MA thesis on Antonin Artaud, his favorite theatre practitioner.
After a period of developing and implementing community arts workshops, he took a lecturing post at Stratford-upon-Avon College and qualified as a lecturer from University of Warwick.
As a theatre writer, he has written books about the playwrights Antonin Artaud and Harold Pinter and is the journalist responsible for the Shakespeare pages of About.com.
As a journalist, his subjects include business and travel writing.
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