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new book: High Treason
Time to announce a new book that I’m doing for Bear Manor Media.
It’s working title is “The High Treason Dossier”.
The goal is to publish as much primary source material as possible on the 1928 play, on the 1929 silent film and on the talkie (also from ’29). One of the highlights will be a full publication of the play which I was lucky enough to get possession of a couple of decades ago. It’s still up in the air concerning the original material that will be included on the films but I think there will be some good stuff.
Then there are a few tidbits on
- possible plans to perform the play in the United States
- where the play really stands as a statement on pacifism,
- the film(s) as science fiction considering the technology at the time
- the film(s) in comparison to classics like Metropolis & Things to Come.
I’m especially beating the bushes on international showings and detailed censorship considerations to pepper things up. I’m discovering that effort will require a surprisingly large net to find everything.
There will also be biographies on the participants. These include – but are not limited to - Maurice Elvey, Raymond Massey, James Whale and the ever-unique playwright Noel Pemberton Billing.
I’m still in the early stages but I think that I can get it done by next February. Who knows what else will turn up until then?
It’s working title is “The High Treason Dossier”.
The goal is to publish as much primary source material as possible on the 1928 play, on the 1929 silent film and on the talkie (also from ’29). One of the highlights will be a full publication of the play which I was lucky enough to get possession of a couple of decades ago. It’s still up in the air concerning the original material that will be included on the films but I think there will be some good stuff.
Then there are a few tidbits on
- possible plans to perform the play in the United States
- where the play really stands as a statement on pacifism,
- the film(s) as science fiction considering the technology at the time
- the film(s) in comparison to classics like Metropolis & Things to Come.
I’m especially beating the bushes on international showings and detailed censorship considerations to pepper things up. I’m discovering that effort will require a surprisingly large net to find everything.
There will also be biographies on the participants. These include – but are not limited to - Maurice Elvey, Raymond Massey, James Whale and the ever-unique playwright Noel Pemberton Billing.
I’m still in the early stages but I think that I can get it done by next February. Who knows what else will turn up until then?
