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Tony Bryan   -  A Novel

99 Heyworth Street  - began life as a one act play commissioned as an exhibition performance for two aspiring actresses!  Similar in colouring, height and build they asked me for a piece which would demonstrate their acting abilities. My first inclination was to make them twins with opposite personalities! One feisty and the other timid! The piece evolved around an argument between the two who were previously devoted sisters! The scene can still be found in the heart of the novel. 

The stage performance received wide acclaim, and what followed can only be likened to a snowball rolling down hill!  The piece became a play. The play became a musical, the musical became a novel!   The time-span indeed does not relate to the snowball analogy. This particular snowball took seven years to complete.   

I would only add that as a result I can honestly say I am much more comfortable developing a story and working on my own, than I was with the production of a full blown stage musical involving the proverbial cast of thousands!  Theatre is the grand illusion! The shining, vibrant extravaganza that the public feast upon bears no relation to the toil, unceasing effort, tears and tribulations that are experienced by cast and crew! There were some dazzling, wonderful moments but they came at too high a cost!   Nonetheless, when something works, is powerful and receives general acclaim, it is difficult to resist the call or should we say the temptation to see just how far it can go! The fact is, I am currently working on a film script of the story and - who knows?

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David Bell   Click here for author's web site

     

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Leicestershire & Rutland Tales of Mystery and Murder
Leicestershire & Rutland Murder Casebook
Leicestershire Ghosts and Legends
Leicestershire Privies
Those Were The Days - Leicestershire. in the 40s, 50s and 60s
Derbyshire Ghosts & Legends
Derbyshire Tales of Mystery & Murder
Derbyshire Privies
Derbyshire Heroes
Nottinghamshire Privies
Nottingham Murder Casebook
Staffordshire & The Black Country Murder Casebook
Ghosts & Legends of Staffordshire & The Black Country
Leicestershire Heroes
Staffordshire Tales of Mystery and Murder
Memories of the Derbyshire Coalfields
Memories of the Leicestershire Coalfields

Barney Concannon - A Novel        An American air hostess refuses to operate her flight to London, claiming that on her last visit she had been raped by an unseen presence in the Airport Hotel.  Karen Erikson, Senior Purser of Worldwide Airways flies to London to investigate and with the assistance of a British airline captain discovers the rapist to be the ghost of a pilot whose plane crashed into the building some fifty years before.  Together, through many traumatic experiences, they unearth details of the maverick pilot's life, loves and death and attempt to rid the hotel of the spirit's malevolent presence.

http://www.freewebs.com/barne

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Morelli's Angel.   Short Story published in Countryside Tales - Summer 2006

Peter Glyde

Peter Glyde has been a professional musician for more than 10 years working as a performer, tutor and songwriter.
His albums include:  'Moonrise Hill', 'The Green Man', 'The Year of 13 Moons' and 'If Only'.
'If Only' was made in association with Ashby Writers' Club.

He is currently completing a set of songs celebrating heroic figures from british history which has been commissioned by Mr C F Pritchard of Pritchard Holdings.

He has published two collections of poetry; 'The Ferry Bridge' and 'The Song Machine' and has written two novels.

Peter is available for illustrated talks about his work.
(01283) 218233 - initially answerphone

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