Dear Lupin
Will be published approx. on 22. October 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
56 pages
978-1-84842-535-4 (ISBN)
Description
Michael Simkins' immensely charming stage adaptation of Dear Lupin, the witty and touching collection of letters from a father to his son that became a huge bestseller, winner of The Sunday Times Humour Book of the Year.
Roger Mortimer's hilarious, touching, and always generous letters to his son, Charlie, are packed with crisp anecdotes and sharp observations. Spanning twenty-five years, their correspondence forms a memoir of their relationship, and an affectionate portrait of a time gone by.
Dear Lupin was adapted for the stage by best-selling author and actor Michael Simkins, revealing many more undocumented stories of the trials and tribulations of Charlie's youth and adulthood.
The play toured the UK in 2015, before a run in the West End at the Apollo Theatre, starring real-life father and son James Fox and Jack Fox.
Roger Mortimer's hilarious, touching, and always generous letters to his son, Charlie, are packed with crisp anecdotes and sharp observations. Spanning twenty-five years, their correspondence forms a memoir of their relationship, and an affectionate portrait of a time gone by.
Dear Lupin was adapted for the stage by best-selling author and actor Michael Simkins, revealing many more undocumented stories of the trials and tribulations of Charlie's youth and adulthood.
The play toured the UK in 2015, before a run in the West End at the Apollo Theatre, starring real-life father and son James Fox and Jack Fox.
Reviews / Votes
'This charming tale of paternal love and genteel japes' * Evening Standard * 'A touching tribute to the rock-solid and wise affection of a funny, perhaps sometimes lonely, maverick father for his classically "hopeless" son' * TheatreCat * 'Skillfully adapted by Michael Simkins' * Guardian *More details
Series
Edition
stage version
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 193 mm
Width: 124 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
45 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84842-535-4 (9781848425354)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Roger Mortimer | Charlie Mortimer
Dear Lupin
E-Book
10/2015
Nick Hern Books
€16.99
Available for download
Persons
Roger Mortimer was born in 1909 and educated at Ludgrove, Eton and Sandhurst. In 1930 he was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards. He fought at Dunkirk in 1940, was captured and spent the remainder of the war as a POW. After resigning from the army in 1947, he became racing correspondent for The Sunday Times for almost thirty years. He wrote several classic books on racing including The History of the Derby. He met Cynthia Denison-Pender in 1947 and married the same year. They had two daughters: Jane and Louise, and one son, Charles. Roger died in 1991.
Charlie Mortimer was educated (reluctantly) at Eton. Now describing himself as a 'middle-aged, middle-class spiv (mostly retired)', amongst other things he was in the Coldstream Guards, a vintage-car restorer, oil-rig roughneck and pop-group manager, as well as a boatboy/mechanic in Africa, car salesman in California, manufacturer of boxer shorts in Asia and an antiques dealer. He now lives in West London with his partner.
Michael Simkins is an actor and author, and is a familiar face both on TV and on the West End stage. Musicals include Sam Carmichael in Mamma Mia!, Billy Flynn in Chicago, Paul in Sam Mendes' award-winning production of Company (Donmar Warehouse and Noel Coward Theatre), and Oh! What a Lovely War at Stratford East.
In 2011 he fulfilled a lifelong ambition by appearing in a Gilbert and Sullivan spectacular on Friday Night is Music Night. Theatre credits include Hay Fever (Duke of York's Theatre), Yes, Prime Minister (UK tour and Trafalgar Studios), Donkey's Years (Harold Pinter Theatre), Mary Stuart (Apollo Theatre), and Democracy (Wyndham's Theatre).
In addition Michael has appeared in hundreds of TV dramas, usually as policemen or unsuspecting husbands. Film credits include The Iron Lady, V for Vendetta, and Topsy-Turvy.
Michael is also a best-selling author, journalist and broadcaster. Books include What's My Motivation, the Costa-nominated Fatty Batter, Detour de France, The Last Flannelled Fool, and most recently The Rules of Acting. He is a regular contributor to the Daily Telegraph and The Times, as well as Radio 4's Today and Front Row. Dear Lupin is his first play.
Charlie Mortimer was educated (reluctantly) at Eton. Now describing himself as a 'middle-aged, middle-class spiv (mostly retired)', amongst other things he was in the Coldstream Guards, a vintage-car restorer, oil-rig roughneck and pop-group manager, as well as a boatboy/mechanic in Africa, car salesman in California, manufacturer of boxer shorts in Asia and an antiques dealer. He now lives in West London with his partner.
Michael Simkins is an actor and author, and is a familiar face both on TV and on the West End stage. Musicals include Sam Carmichael in Mamma Mia!, Billy Flynn in Chicago, Paul in Sam Mendes' award-winning production of Company (Donmar Warehouse and Noel Coward Theatre), and Oh! What a Lovely War at Stratford East.
In 2011 he fulfilled a lifelong ambition by appearing in a Gilbert and Sullivan spectacular on Friday Night is Music Night. Theatre credits include Hay Fever (Duke of York's Theatre), Yes, Prime Minister (UK tour and Trafalgar Studios), Donkey's Years (Harold Pinter Theatre), Mary Stuart (Apollo Theatre), and Democracy (Wyndham's Theatre).
In addition Michael has appeared in hundreds of TV dramas, usually as policemen or unsuspecting husbands. Film credits include The Iron Lady, V for Vendetta, and Topsy-Turvy.
Michael is also a best-selling author, journalist and broadcaster. Books include What's My Motivation, the Costa-nominated Fatty Batter, Detour de France, The Last Flannelled Fool, and most recently The Rules of Acting. He is a regular contributor to the Daily Telegraph and The Times, as well as Radio 4's Today and Front Row. Dear Lupin is his first play.