Pete Hartley: sometime dramaturg, perennial scribbler
Joan Littlewood dismissed the traditional view of directing, and said that she hated ‘acting’ by which she means the pretence that can all too often be seen and which cloaks the truth of the character. She claimed her only contribution was to ‘grow’ a show, but by doing so, in the ways that she did, she redefined directing and producing, and rejuvenated acting.
The final Grasping the Gothic post reflects on the efficacy of public readings when used in the promotion of fiction. Can we do it more honestly?
How the opening of a play about the restless dead re-emerged after three decades to spawn the start of a story, and why a six year old boy was wrapped in clingfilm.
How a bunch of northern Christmas ghost stories appeared, and how they can not only chill, but also bring comfort and joy.
The first twelfth of the second story in Modern Gothic, an anthology of darkly mysterious fiction published by Fly on the Wall Press.
Lecture notes from ‘Gloomth and the Six Pillars of Gothic’ House of Books and Friends, Manchester, in association with Fly on the Wall Press 29 October 2024
A glimpse into the entrails of our ghoulish collection.
A review of the Mikron theatre production at Hesketh Bank, 28th September 2024.
The lingering chills of the short Gothic story.
Great gloom on film.
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