Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

Uncle Arly at Fizz Fest

Posted on October 6, 2004 by Marco Graziosi

In Dublin, 18 and 19 October 2004 Continue reading →

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A new article in the Reading Shelf

Posted on September 22, 2004 by Marco Graziosi

How Pleasant to Know Mr Lear! by Bertha Coolidge Continue reading →

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Lewis Carroll and Little Girls (again!)

Posted on September 15, 2004 by Marco Graziosi

It had to happen. After years of attacks to his biography of Lewis Carroll, Morton N. Cohen has replied in the pages of the Times Literary Supplement Continue reading →

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My Uncle Arly on the stage

Posted on September 1, 2004 by Marco Graziosi

The Hoipolloi company will be performing it this autumn. Continue reading →

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Why is Humpty Dumpty depicted as an egg?

Posted on September 1, 2004 by Marco Graziosi

The answer from the Groton Public Library… Continue reading →

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Find love with fur and feathers

Posted on September 1, 2004 by Marco Graziosi

The Sunday Herald reports on a new stage version of The Owl and the Pussy-cat. Continue reading →

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Tim Bray Adaptation of The Owl and the Pussy-cat

Posted on July 17, 2004 by Marco Graziosi

The long-time children’s theatre director and writer has adapted Edward Lear’s quirky poem The Owl And the Pussycat, which he first staged at the Central Theatre, now home to the SiLo Theatre, in 1992. Continue reading →

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The Cummerbund: a Colonial Poem?

Posted on June 12, 2004 by Marco Graziosi

Khademul Islam reviews the “Hobson-Jobson, A Glossary of Anglo-Indian Words or Phrases and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical Geographical and Discursive” and sketches a post-colonial reading of Lear’s poem, but does not reccomend it as “It will so spoil the fun!” Continue reading →

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Snappy Dance evokes Gorey terror, wonder

Posted on June 7, 2004 by Marco Graziosi

The Boston Herald reviews Snappy’s ballet inspired by E. Gorey’s works Continue reading →

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Undoing Disney

Posted on June 5, 2004 by Marco Graziosi

Theater in the Open debuts Maudslay season with a performance of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Continue reading →

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