{"id":59,"date":"2017-07-01T11:37:34","date_gmt":"2017-07-01T11:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kreps.org\/arts\/?page_id=59"},"modified":"2019-02-05T13:02:40","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T13:02:40","slug":"at-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kreps.org\/arts\/at-school\/","title":{"rendered":"At School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In 1971, aged 8, I went to Eltham College, an English Public School, reknowned for its academic leanings, where I was a dayboy for ten years.  I won 1st prize in the annual Reading and Speech Competition, in my age group, seven times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From the outset, I took part in annual school plays, and in the Shakespearean tradition played the girls – including playing a princess in “The Charcoal Burner’s Son<\/strong>“, in 1973, and Alice<\/strong>, in her adventures, in 1974, and in a Sixth Form Review I played “Tina” in Joe Orton’s “Funeral Games<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the main school I at first played only small roles in the annual school plays – in Giles Cooper’s “Unman, Wittering and Zigo<\/strong>“, Aumerle in Shakespeare’s “Richard II<\/strong>” in 1977, Benvolio in “Romeo and Juliet<\/strong>“, and the ‘boy’ in the French farce, “The Italian Straw Hat<\/strong>” by Eugene Labiche.





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In March 1979, aged 16, ‘O’ Levels behind me, I played Joseph Surface in Sheridan’s “School for Scandal<\/strong>“, directed by then Head of English, Anthony Barnard, in the gym\/theatre space at the school. (Eltham College now sports the ‘Anthony Barnard Theatre’.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In March 1980, aged 17, I played Charleston, the lighthouse keeper, in Robert Ardrey’s “Thunder Rock<\/strong>“, directed by Anthony Barnard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During this year I also directed extracts from Jean Anouilh’s “Antigone<\/strong>“, in which I played Creon, for a Sixth Form Drama Showcase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In July 1981, following A Level exams, I played Prospero, in Shakespeare’s, “The Tempest<\/strong>“, directed by Anthony Barnard, in the open central courtyard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 1971, aged 8, I went to Eltham College, an English Public School, reknowned for its academic leanings, where I was a dayboy for ten years.  I won 1st prize in the annual Reading and Speech Competition, in my age group, seven times. From the outset, I took part in annual school plays, and in … Continue reading “At School”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-59","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kreps.org\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kreps.org\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kreps.org\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kreps.org\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kreps.org\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/kreps.org\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":356,"href":"https:\/\/kreps.org\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions\/356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kreps.org\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}