|
A Pin To See The Peepshow (TV Series)
''A Pin to See the Peepshow'' is a 1934 novel by F. Tennyson Jesse, based on the 1922 Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters, Thompson–Bywaters murder case. Plot Julia Almond grows up in suburban poverty in Edwardian era, Edwardian London. She longs for a better life, but makes an ill-advised marriage during the First World War. Reception Sarah Waters has praised ''A Pin to See the Peepshow'', writing "rarely, it seemed to me, had I been plunged by a piece of fiction into an emotional world so vivid, so complete, so convincingly untidy." Adaptations ''A Pin to See the Peepshow'' was adapted into a play by Jesse and H. M. Harwood in 1951. It was refused a licence by the Lord Chamberlain and so premiered at a drama club. In 1953 it showed at the Playhouse Theatre (New York City), Playhouse Theatre, Broadway. In 1973 it was adapted into a four-part TV series by the BBC, written by Elaine Morgan and starring Francesca Annis. In 2007 it was made into a short radio drama on BBC Rad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clare Francis
Clare Mary Francis (born 17 April 1946) is a British novelist who was first known for her career as a yachtswoman who has twice sailed across the Atlantic on her own and she was the first woman to captain a successful boat on the Whitbread Around the World race. Early life Francis was born in Thames Ditton in Surrey and spent summer holidays on the Isle of Wight, where she learnt to sail. She was educated at the Royal Ballet School, then gained a degree in Economics at University College London. Sailing In 1973, after working in marketing for three years, she took leave to sail singlehandedly across the Atlantic in the Nicholson 32 ''Gulliver G'', departing from Falmouth in Cornwall and arriving, 37 days later, at Newport, Rhode Island. Following this, she received sponsorship to take part in the 1974 Round Britain Race with Eve Bonham, again in ''Gulliver G''. They finished in third place. In 1975, she took part in the Azores and Back and the L'Aurore singlehanded race ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |