That's (Animal Farm) showbiz!
February 5, 2015
Bummer! We had the rights to perform George Orwell's Animal Farm for all of 8 weeks, till the 'principle agent' changed their mind and decided to cancel our license. It probably means a commercial theatre producer has decided to try a production. Which is good for us fans of Orwell, but not so good for WE fans of Orwell.
A bit like when we performed 'Under Milk Wood' in the Wheatsheaf in Fitzrovia, London, the pub where Dylan Thomas met his wife. It was commercially stupid to mount such a large production in such a small room, but it was the 60th anniversary of Dylan's death. And it was the pub where he met... oh, I've mentioned that. It was about the sprit of the production, the emotion of the moment. And not about the money. I'm not sure our 9 shows in a pub would have rocked the commercial rights holder, but that's Animal Farm showbiz.
And it means our next full theatre show will be the Maverick Theatre Company's 21st Birthday show - Henry V - Lion of England, in April. And there's no problems with the rights for that. I wrote it myself! With a bit of help from Shakespeare, of course. I might consider cancelling the licence. But I doubt it...
A bit like when we performed 'Under Milk Wood' in the Wheatsheaf in Fitzrovia, London, the pub where Dylan Thomas met his wife. It was commercially stupid to mount such a large production in such a small room, but it was the 60th anniversary of Dylan's death. And it was the pub where he met... oh, I've mentioned that. It was about the sprit of the production, the emotion of the moment. And not about the money. I'm not sure our 9 shows in a pub would have rocked the commercial rights holder, but that's Animal Farm showbiz.
And it means our next full theatre show will be the Maverick Theatre Company's 21st Birthday show - Henry V - Lion of England, in April. And there's no problems with the rights for that. I wrote it myself! With a bit of help from Shakespeare, of course. I might consider cancelling the licence. But I doubt it...
Posted by Nick Hennegan. Posted In : Nick Hennegan
Hello. I'm Nick Hennegan and I started the London Literary Pub Crawl. Most of the blogs on here will be by me. I've always written but my first theatrical success was an adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Henry V' (www.HenryVPlay.com) I founded Maverick Theatre in 1994. (www.MaverickTheatreCompany.com) This pub crawl is really more a promenade theatre performance than a tour and I'm running it with a bunch of enthusiastic local actors and writers. I love sharing my passion for the area and the artists. I also present a weekly radio show, 'Literary London' on Resonance 104.4fm - London's Arts Station and a podcast on our site.
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