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Roy Fuller (1) (1912–1991)

Author of The Second Curtain

For other authors named Roy Fuller, see the disambiguation page.

Roy Fuller (1) has been aliased into Roy Broadbent Fuller.

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Image credit: Photo from 1945 (Poetry since 1939, British Council)

Works by Roy Fuller

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The Second Curtain (1953) 52 copies, 1 review
Penguin Modern Poets 18: A. Alvarez, Roy Fuller, Anthony Thwaite (1970) 34 copies
Image of a Society (1956) 24 copies
Fantasy and Fugue (1957) 22 copies
Collected Poems, 1936-61 (1962) 20 copies, 1 review
With My Little Eye (1948) 19 copies
Savage Gold (1946) 14 copies
Selected Poems (2012) 11 copies
The Ruined Boys (1970) 11 copies
The Strange and the Good (1989) 11 copies
Owls and Artificers: Oxford Lectures on Poetry (1971) 8 copies
Carnal Island (1970) 7 copies
The Father's Comedy (1969) 7 copies
Last Poems (1993) 6 copies
Buff (1965) 6 copies
Subsequent to Summer (1985) 5 copies
Spanner and Pen: Post-War Memoirs (1991) 5 copies
Reign of Sparrows (1980) 4 copies
Available for Dreams (1989) 4 copies
Murder in Mind (1987) 4 copies
A Lost Season 3 copies
Professors and Gods (1973) 3 copies
The Middle of a War (1942) 3 copies
Counterparts (1954) 3 copies
Brutus's Orchard (1957) 3 copies
Outside the canon (1986) 2 copies
Mianserin sonnets (1984) 2 copies
Epitaphs and occasions 2 copies
Crime Omnibus (1988) 2 copies
Stares (1990) 2 copies
Poor Roy (1977) 2 copies
That distant afternoon 2 copies
The Perfect Fool (1963) 1 copy
Off course: poems (1969) 1 copy
Poems 1 copy
Ill-governed Coast (Ceolfrith ; 35) (1976) 1 copy
Catspaw 1 copy
The World Through the Window (1989) 1 copy
More about Tomkins, and other light verse (1981) 1 copy
As from the thirties (1983) 1 copy
Twelfth night : a personal view (1985) 1 copy
My Child, My Sister (1965) 1 copy
Souvenirs; Vamp Till Ready: Further Memoirs; Home and Dry: Memoirs III (3 Volumes) (1980) 1 copy
Souvenirs (1980) 1 copy
From the Joke Shop (1975) 1 copy
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Associated Works

Works have been aliased into Roy Broadbent Fuller.

The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade (1857) — Introduction, some editions — 1,361 copies, 15 reviews
The Faber Book of Modern Verse (1936) — Contributor, some editions — 311 copies, 2 reviews
British Poetry Since 1945 (1970) — Contributor, some editions — 191 copies, 2 reviews
The Vintage Book of Classic Crime (1993) — Contributor — 40 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 10, June 1975 (1975) — Contributor — 4 copies
Little Reviews Anthology 1945 — Contributor, some editions — 2 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, October 1978 (1978) — Contributor — 2 copies
An Evening of poetry at the Skinners' Hall : for the benefit of the Royal Hospital and Home for Incurables, 15th June 1973 — Contributor — 1 copy

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StaciaV1,022 reviews
The second curtain by Roy Fuller
A well-written, understated piece with intrigue and murder. It's rather like plotting your moves for one game when your cohorts are engaged in another game altogether. Despite some period details, underlying themes and the conclusion feel relevant even now. I'm glad Valancourt Books has reprinted and released this one.
Dec 5, 2025
judeprufrock234 reviews
Collected Poems, 1936 1961 by Roy Fuller
Better in his earlier work; too cerebral later on.

"We do not admire what we cannot understand." - Marianne Moore
Jul 4, 2023

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