Sweet Fanny Adams in Hyperspace Eden

 

 The Fairytale [3:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

THE PRINCE (CORY) IS STUDYING. GRANDMOTHER (GARDENER) IS KNITTING IN FRILLY BONNET. SHOWMANOnce upon a time, long ago: a prince. A king’s son. No one has so many or such beautiful books as he has. He’s able to read about everything that’s taken place in the world and to see it illustrated by magnificent pictures. Read more »

Little Red Riding Hood (French: Le petit chaperon rouge; lit. translation: ‘little red cap’) is a folktale that has changed much in its history.The most widely known Brothers Grimm version is about a girl nicknamed Little Red Riding Hood, after the red hood she always wears. The girl walks through the woods to deliver food to her grandmother. A wolf wants to eat the girl but is afraid to do that in public.  Read more »

 

 The Grotto Frairytale [2:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

SHOWMAN
The Story Continues!
LILY SITS UP
LILY
What story?
SHOWMAN
Do you want to know the story or not?
LILY
Very well.
LILY SETTLES BACK DOWN IN HER COFFIN. THE GIRLS SIT ON IT TO WATCH THE SHOWMAN’S BLACK AND WHITE FILM
SHOWMAN
At last!
 

Symon MacIntyre nonchalantly wires up his venus flytrap.

CHILDREN’ VOICES Who killed Cock Robin? I, said the Sparrow, With my bow and arrow. I killed Cock Robin. Who saw him die? I, said the Fly, With my little eye. I saw him die. Who caught his blood? I, said the Fish, With my little dish. I caught his blood. Who’ll make his shroud? I, said the Beetle, With my thread and needle. I’ll make the shroud. Who’ll dig his grave? I, said the Owl, With my pick and shovel. I’ll dig his grave. Who’ll be the parson? I, said the Rook, With my little book. I’ll be the parson. Who’ll be the clerk? I, said the Lark, If it’s not in the dark. I’ll be the clerk. Who’ll carry the link? I, said the Linnet. I’ll fetch it in a minute. I’ll carry the link. Who’ll be chief mourner? I, said the Dove. I mourn for my love. I’ll be chief mourner. Who’ll carry the coffin? I, said the Kite, If it’s not through the night. I’ll carry the coffin. Who’ll bear the pall? I, said the Wren, Both the cock and the hen. We’ll bear the pall. Who’ll sing a psalm? I, said the Thrush, As she sat on a bush. I’ll sing a psalm. Who’ll toll the bell? I, said the Bull, Because I can pull. So Cock Robin, farewell. THE FUNERAL PROCESSION LEADS TO THE GROTTO  

The scene ‘Lily Alone’ presents an interesting example of a pun which perhaps the playwright did not anticipate.

Lily is talking about the One And Only True Love of Her Life:

Septimus Douglas de Winter Hewson.
Very Romantic.
Probably – certainly – Hibernian. Handsome but Heartless.

Most football supporters will get the double-entendre.

THE FREAKSHOW TEMPLE, IS A NIGHTMARISH PLACE, FULL OF WEIRD CREATURES, THUS: SHOWMAN Step right this way! Ladies and Gentlemen! Girls. And Boys. All conceivable amazements, from all parts Read more »

 

 Lily's Travels II [1:53m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

LILY IN THE GARDEN LILYI told Septimus, when he wept on his knees for me to forgive him and returnto his estate in Klonkinkerry, or he would blow out his brains, that I wasengaged to marry an American millionaire. When you tell your first wholly successful lie, you discover how powerful you are. And how lonely. Read more »

Pauline Played Lily in the original production of Sweet Fanny Adams in Eden, at the Scottish Plant Collectors Garden Pitlochry in 2003 (Stellar Quines)

TV/Film includes: Monarch of the Glen, Casualty, Comedy Nation, Rab C Nesbitt, The Ring Of Truth, Crime Limited - What About Us?, F.O.T. and Holby City (BBC); Heartless and The Glass (Granada); Gladiatress (Mission Pictures); 100% Proof (Hannaywood Studios); Love is a Four Letter Word (STV); Strictly Sinatra (Saracen St. Productions); Savage Play (Pony Productions); Wheels (Barony Films); Mairi Mhor (Freeway films); The World’s Great Mysteries - Gretna Green (TV Man Union Inc Tokyo).

Theatre includes: Braff’s Neck (Improbable); Playhouse Creatures (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Way of The World and *An Experiement Whith An Airpump (Manchester Royal Exchange), King Lear (Theatre Babel); Monumental (Grid Iron); Diriamba (Theatre Workshop Edinburgh); Cyrando De Bergerac (Lyceum Edinburgh/Almeida/Communicado); Tales of The Arabian Nights (Communicado); Merlin The Magnificent and To Kill A Mockingbird (Edinburgh Lyceum); The King of The Witches and I’ll Be Seeing You (Brunton); The Prince and The Goblin (Dundee Rep); The Straw Choir (Fifth Estate Theatre); Musical Chairs (Wildcat Theatre) and Paddy’s Market (Tron Theatre).

BBC Radio includes: Bricks and Mortals, Dr Finlay: Further Adventures of a Black Bag, An Experiment With An Airpump, Cuba