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Castaway
1 appearance
The introduction does not identify the castaway's field or notable achievements.
On the island
Eight records
The keepsakes
The luxury
Not recorded.
In conversation
Presenter asks
0:11What did you want to be as a schoolboy?
I wanted to go on the stage. … my dad had his feet firmly on the ground. He said you can paint and draw, be an art teacher first and if you don't like that then go on to the stage. So that's what I did.
Presenter asks
0:34Where did you study art?
At Wakefield in Yorkshire and at Goldsmith's in London.
Presenter asks
1:02What made you decide eventually that the time was ripe to give up teaching?
Simply because I was twenty-six, I was going to get married, and I thought, if I get married, I … lose my opportunity because responsibilities naturally follow marriage.
Presenter asks
1:18What was your first job?
My first job in the theatre was the Manchester Library Theatre at David's Case, who I revere to this day.
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3:16When did you start writing?
I'd started even at the repertory company. I'd started I'd written two stage plays which are locked away securely.
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4:17Apart from the setting, is there anything else they [your plays] have in common?
The plays. Yes, they usually champion the individual against the system.
“I wanted to go on the stage. … my dad had his feet firmly on the ground. He said you can paint and draw, be an art teacher first and if you don't like that then go on to the stage. So that's what I did.”
“I should have been because I was very good, but I wasn't died at death.”
“Most of them. Uh Hallelujah Handshake was about my area of London. … It's simply because I find Northern people wear their hearts on their sleeves are far more communicative, far more honest.”