Category Archives: Edward Lear

Lewis Carroll — Pornographer

Posted on December 6, 2004 by Marco Graziosi

An Italian history of pornographic photography publishes parts of a scrapbook supposedly by the author of the Alice books. Continue reading →

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Edward Lear Vase to be Auctioned

Posted on November 9, 2004 by Marco Graziosi

As part of its annual effort to help the BBC’s Children In Need Appeal, the Stoke on Trent (Staffordshire) craft pottery, Moorcroft, has created a one-off, unique vase – which it is auctioning this month. Continue reading →

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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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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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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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The Lear Macaw on the Brink of Extinction

Posted on June 2, 2004 by Marco Graziosi

A long-tailed blue parrot named after Edward Lear, the author of nonsense verse whose painting of a captive specimen led to the first description of the species Continue reading →

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The Owl and the Pussy-Cat Come To Auckland

Posted on May 31, 2004 by Marco Graziosi

Join the Owl and the Pussy-Cat on their wonderful and magical journey to the Land where the Bong Tree grows. With music, songs and some very funny characters, Tim Bray Productions brings this quirky poem of Edward Lear to life.‘The … Continue reading →

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