Pete Hartley: sometime dramaturg, perennial scribbler
A person from the past appeared. He was suddenly there. He asked us if we liked our home And was it a happy place? We said it was. He said it had been When he lived here. He asked about the garden And did we like it? We said we did, very much It was … Continue reading A person from the past
This is a memory aid to help students learn about thirty key ideas associated with the French actor and director Antonin Artaud. It can also be used in part, or in full, as a warm-up for drama classes.
A four-mile circumnavigation of Hoghton Tower.
A warning for drivers using the M61 motorway.
An appreciation of Girl from the North Country This is a quality production. It is not, and does not claim to be, a musical. It is a play with music. It is a very good play with very good music and as seen at the Lowry on 21st September 2022, it was very well performed. … Continue reading Bending Bob backwards
Don’t get me wrong – I didn’t HATE it. I didn’t even dislike it. It just didn’t do it for me. Maybe I’m just too much, like, MOCK TUDOR?
In memoriam of ONJ on her birthday.
The twelve paths of the unspoken garden do not go anywhere but lead everywhere They go to places that do not exist.
A four-mile fool-proof circular walk alongside the river that gave Lancashire its name.
August is the month when the unspoken garden stops and thinks. Things still grow, but the growing is slow. The knowing does its growing.
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