Dispatches From a Dilettante
“Eric Prince was the Head of Drama at Primrose Hill High School when I worked there. Unsurprisingly he was known to all the staff as Prince Eric. He went onto become Professor of the Dramatic Arts at the University of Colorado but was at this point just another jobbing teacher - albeit one with ambitions. The ambition manifested itself in his declaration that he would write a play with input from kids, based around inner city life, racial prejudice, and unemployment. As part of the preparation a... letter was dispatched to Stevie Wonder’s record company in Detroit who generously let us play his music as backdrop and even threw in some free LPs when responding.
To Eric and the school’s huge credit everyone seemed to back the preparation for what was to be the first time a play had been attempted, let alone performed in public. Challenging young people who had never acted before were given key parts, staff came in at weekends to prepare stage sets, tickets were printed on ancient banda machines and publicity posters put in local shops.MoreLess
To Eric and the school’s huge credit everyone seemed to back the preparation for what was to be the first time a play had been attempted, let alone performed in public. Challenging young people who had never acted before were given key parts, staff came in at weekends to prepare stage sets, tickets were printed on ancient banda machines and publicity posters put in local shops.MoreLess
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