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'''Davidson Garrett''' (b. September 11, 1952), a.k.a. King Lear of the Taxi, is an American poet and aspiring actor, living in Manhattan, New York, who has worked as a New York City yellow taxi cab driver, since the 1970s, to support his acting and writing pursuits. He caught the attention of the public eye after the 2006 publication of his book ''King Lear of the Taxi: Musings of a New York City Actor/Taxi Driver''. Poems from the book were used as text in the short film ''Taxi Driver - King Lear of the Taxi'' by Director Ray Andrew Wilkes of Flashgun Films, Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, UK.<ref>http://www.openpr.com/print/39878/Flashgun-Films-release-new-film-King-Lear-of-the-Taxi.html</ref> Garrett provided the voice-over (recorded in a studio in NYC) to accompany footage of local cab drivers in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire UK. |
'''Davidson Garrett''' (b. September 11, 1952), a.k.a. King Lear of the Taxi, is an American poet and aspiring actor, living in Manhattan, New York, who has worked as a New York City yellow taxi cab driver, since the 1970s, to support his acting and writing pursuits. He caught the attention of the public eye after the 2006 publication of his book ''King Lear of the Taxi: Musings of a New York City Actor/Taxi Driver''. Poems from the book were used as text in the short film ''Taxi Driver - King Lear of the Taxi'' by Director Ray Andrew Wilkes of Flashgun Films, Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, UK.<ref>http://www.openpr.com/print/39878/Flashgun-Films-release-new-film-King-Lear-of-the-Taxi.html</ref> Garrett provided the voice-over (recorded in a studio in NYC) to accompany footage of local cab drivers in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire UK. |
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The film was a response to media reports of increased violence against cab drivers in the West Midlands and was screened at London's Portabello Film Festival in 2008.<ref>http://www.portobellofilmfestival.com/image/2008pics/programme08.pdf</ref> |
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In 2009 Garrett was featured in journalist Amy Braunschweiger's book ''Taxi Confidential'' (in a chapter titled "Murphy's Law." p. 22-25, ISBN:978-0-9821733-2-4). In 2012, the same year Garrett was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, he was profiled in ''New York Magazine'' by the journalist Kate Lowenstein in her article titled "I Drive A Taxi, But I Also ..."<ref>http://nymag.com/guides/everything/taxis/new-york-taxi-drivers-2012-7/index2.html</ref> In May 2013 he was invited to take part in a taxi driver writers' workshop organized by the poet Mark Nowak and sponsored by the PEN World Voices Festival. Later that year he read his poetry with other members of the workshop at The Public Theater's Joe's Pub in New York City for the PEN World Voices Festival. |
In 2009 Garrett was featured in journalist Amy Braunschweiger's book ''Taxi Confidential'' (in a chapter titled "Murphy's Law." p. 22-25, ISBN:978-0-9821733-2-4). In 2012, the same year Garrett was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, he was profiled in ''New York Magazine'' by the journalist Kate Lowenstein in her article titled "I Drive A Taxi, But I Also ..."<ref>http://nymag.com/guides/everything/taxis/new-york-taxi-drivers-2012-7/index2.html</ref> In May 2013 he was invited to take part in a taxi driver writers' workshop organized by the poet Mark Nowak and sponsored by the PEN World Voices Festival. Later that year he read his poetry with other members of the workshop at The Public Theater's Joe's Pub in New York City for the PEN World Voices Festival. |
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Davidson Garrett (b. September 11, 1952), a.k.a. King Lear of the Taxi, is an American poet and aspiring actor, living in Manhattan, New York, who has worked as a New York City yellow taxi cab driver, since the 1970s, to support his acting and writing pursuits. He caught the attention of the public eye after the 2006 publication of his book King Lear of the Taxi: Musings of a New York City Actor/Taxi Driver. Poems from the book were used as text in the short film Taxi Driver - King Lear of the Taxi by Director Ray Andrew Wilkes of Flashgun Films, Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, UK.[1] Garrett provided the voice-over (recorded in a studio in NYC) to accompany footage of local cab drivers in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire UK. The film was a response to media reports of increased violence against cab drivers in the West Midlands and was screened at London's Portabello Film Festival in 2008.[2]
In 2009 Garrett was featured in journalist Amy Braunschweiger's book Taxi Confidential (in a chapter titled "Murphy's Law." p. 22-25, ISBN:978-0-9821733-2-4). In 2012, the same year Garrett was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, he was profiled in New York Magazine by the journalist Kate Lowenstein in her article titled "I Drive A Taxi, But I Also ..."[3] In May 2013 he was invited to take part in a taxi driver writers' workshop organized by the poet Mark Nowak and sponsored by the PEN World Voices Festival. Later that year he read his poetry with other members of the workshop at The Public Theater's Joe's Pub in New York City for the PEN World Voices Festival.