#n.f. simpson

[dare-g]

One Way Pendulum (1965)

[danskjavlarna]

The world is figuratively one’s oyster, and “the world may undoubtedly be an oyster, though to whom it would belong, to whom it would be answerable in that capacity, is a great deal less certain.  It’s something that will have to remain a matter for conjecture until science comes up with a definitive answer.” —N.F. Simpson, If So, Then Yes (and illustrated by yours truly)

[bbcradio3]

"His dialogue runs as smoothly as a conference between cliché experts even when his people are considering a scheme for supplying eagles with parachutes and spectacles." - The Listener, 28 July 1960

N.F. Simpson's absurdist gem 'A Resounding Tinkle' had its theatre premiere at the Royal Court on 1 December 1957 and its first broadcast adaptation appeared on the Third Programme on 20 July 1960. Deryck Guyler and Alison Leggatt starred. Frederick Laws, quoted above, also said: "The play was very amusing but I also found it alarming and difficult to understand." Simpson - pictured, in 1963 - lived until 2011 and his final play, 'If So, Then Yes', had its premiere in London in 2010.

[loveinthetimeofmyxomatosis-blog]

Finally found the film adaptation of "One Way Pendulum", the play that our theatre group is working on this year. Only a few months to go! If you live in Prague, check it out. We're called the Drama Queens.

[loveinthetimeofmyxomatosis-blog]

This is the film version of the play we are rehearsing and adapting at the moment. N.F. Simpson's One Way Pendulum is a classic absurdist comedy that some say inspired Monty Python. 

I'm helping edit some of the script right now, for a Czech audience. What hard work! Hopefully we will pull it off. I would really love to get my hands on a copy of the DVD, seems to be hard to come by...