The Gielgud - Richardson version of No Man's Land is available in full on http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=Gielgud+Richardson+%22No+Man%27s+Land%22&__q=Gielgud+Richardson&btnG=Search+Videos&lr=&dur=&st=&dis_ft=&so=0&num=10# and Vod pod at http://vodpod.com/watch/459527-harold-pinter-no-mans-land-john-gielgud-and-ralph-richardson Cheers, JIm ...   Thu Jan 8th, 2009 07:09 pm

I'm a playwright and I act.  I inherit the theatre from my maternal grandmother.  I did produce and direct a reading of one of ...   Wed Jan 7th, 2009 11:53 am

Hi Edd, Haven't posted for a while.  Busy.  Writing....  Other stuff, too - life and death.  That comes in this new year.  One you love,  it's ...   Tue Jan 6th, 2009 07:55 pm

Alf:  No more... Ah.... Bet:    In the theatre.... Pause Alf:   No. Pause Bet:   Tragic really. Alf:    Yes. Pause Bet:   What did he die of? Alf:   Does it matter? Bet:  You're a daft prat. Pause Alf:   He did ...   Tue Jan 6th, 2009 12:56 pm

Yes IMR, I have the same experience in my short career - a 10 minute piece, which became a much better and more amusing one-act ...   Tue Mar 18th, 2008 11:20 pm

Good on you Norman. Here's a couple more from NY Times: Review of The Homecoming: http://theater2.nytimes.com/2007/12/17/theater/reviews/17home.html and an Isherwood piece on Pinter and acting from 12 years ago: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/16/weekinreview/16isher.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Jim ...   Wed Dec 26th, 2007 07:13 am

My kinda town!  Anywhere is really, as I'm finding out.... ...   Thu Aug 9th, 2007 02:30 am

... And I didn't get through! ...   Wed Aug 8th, 2007 10:45 pm

Got to get onto the next one: thanks Hudson.  Florence is not a biographical play, but based on the life of a feminist-teacher-unionist whom I ...   Thu Aug 2nd, 2007 01:10 am

That's really great RLN.  And what a quirky scenario.  I'm inspired! ...   Thu Aug 2nd, 2007 01:01 am

Thanks Jeffrey. Spending a lot of time on selling the play to production companies.  Need to get back to writing.  Play gets a reading in the ...   Mon Jul 30th, 2007 11:14 am

I have been going through my bookshelves and getting rid of some books and passing on to used book stores/the library. Always a nostalgic air ...   Fri Jul 20th, 2007 10:31 pm

Queensland's Sunshine Coast is fast becoming one of the key regional theatre hubs in Australia with 12 community and semi-professional theatres serving the population of ...   Wed Jul 18th, 2007 04:34 am

Dear Techno, I am a very new playwright, but playwright I am, and very much learning the craft.  I have been writing, though, for three decades. ...   Tue Jul 17th, 2007 07:44 pm

ANT wrote: "You seem very touchy but you will frankly have to get used to very harsh criticism about every word you write if you ...   Sun Jul 15th, 2007 12:44 am

The use of bold type for the word 'you' was especially rude and I have no idea what you mean about your lack of punctuation. Well, ...   Sun Jul 15th, 2007 12:05 am

Dear Techno, It has been suggested that I have been nasty to you.  Nothing could be further from my intentions. Look at the advice I have suggested, ...   Sun Jul 15th, 2007 12:01 am

ANT, I think you're jumping at shadows....   You suggest I am pompous because I am unproduced: I can now claim to be an award-winning playwright. I used ...   Sat Jul 14th, 2007 11:40 pm

Well, Techno, the trouble is you "Need to write a play" . The topic (are you at school?) is extremely broad. You need to brainstorm for a ...   Sat Jul 14th, 2007 02:57 am

Thanks, everyone.  Yes, I'm already into a second full length play and another one act play, with ideas coming from every which way.  Putting a ...   Wed Jul 4th, 2007 09:38 pm

Got my submission in and accepted .  Anyone else?  There are 25 selected. Cheers , Jim ...   Wed Jul 4th, 2007 12:04 am

Well, I'm very pleased to say that A Doorknock Away received first prize as "Play of the Year" at the Sunshine Coast Literary Association last ...   Sat Jun 30th, 2007 10:34 pm

Except that the site has a "Drama" category , which has one - now out-of-date play - competition.  There are three headings for screenwriting: "Screen ...   Fri Jun 29th, 2007 10:35 pm

In my first play we learn more about Harry than just about any other character.  The play largely revolves around him and his ...   Fri Jun 29th, 2007 10:18 pm

I hit King Lear.  Parenthood, age, madness, betrayal, love, loss. "Never, never, never, never, never...." ...   Sat Jun 9th, 2007 01:55 am

Thanks, guys.   As an absolute  neophyte in a non-metropolitan region, it's very difficult getting produced .  So, location doesn't help the neophyte, who doesn't have ...   Wed Jun 6th, 2007 08:24 pm

Not produced, but I entered my first full-length play into a regional lit. comp in my local region: it's been shortlisted.  So, here's hoping.  Jim ...   Wed Jun 6th, 2007 12:02 pm

I wondered why this announcement was not in the Markets and Marketing section. Anyway, thanks for the notice, and I've sent a couple of scenes off. Cheers, Jim ...   Mon May 21st, 2007 01:57 am

Tried it again, Steve.  Got on.... The photos don't work Jim ...   Sat May 19th, 2007 01:03 am

It matters, M'dear, that it is consistent in reading or performance! ...   Sat May 19th, 2007 12:50 am

IMR, Thanks for the incisive comments. Farewell Only question in "Farewell" is the words "Warm and intimate." How does the writer - the observer - in this case ...   Fri May 18th, 2007 05:49 am

Any comments?  This was originally written in 1998 and has undergone a number of revisions.  Jim Weekend in Perugia ...   Wed May 16th, 2007 06:10 am

Late Afternoon Farewell: Through an Office Window He would hold her round her waist And brush her arm with affection, Even kiss her, long, ...   Sat May 12th, 2007 02:29 am

OK, here's the link again, Muncey : http://www.jmcdonald.org/theatre.html And I'll fix it up again on the original post. Thanks for the responses and making me feel welcome.   I ...   Sat May 12th, 2007 01:40 am

I signed up, but myspace does not work well on Linux version of Firefox....  I'll probably give it a miss. ...   Wed May 9th, 2007 06:40 am

Hello folks, Well, here I am, just over two years from having had to retire from a working career (my third - an academic).  How would ...   Wed May 9th, 2007 04:57 am