As Far As I Remember by Michael Bawtree
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'AS FAR AS I REMEMBER' is author Michael Bawtree's latest book and tells the absorbing and original story of his coming of age in post-war England. For Canadian orders ($24.95+s&h) please message Like No Other Press or write to mailto:[email protected]For UK orders (£12.99+s&h) write to www.mereobooks.com
Michael Bawtree stepped off the boat from England in 1962, passing through Halifax'...s Pier 21 to begin a new life in Canada. In the fifty years that followed he became well known for his many theatrical enterprises all over the country, from British Columbia to Nova Scotia, and including a stint as Associate Director of the Stratford Festival. Along the way he has written a play for Stratford (The Last of the Tsars 1966); served as a book critic for a Toronto newspaper; published a book on music theatre (The New Singing Theatre OUP New York 1990); authored a young person's novel (Joe Howe to the Rescue Nimbus 2004); and appeared as Joseph Howe on CBC-TV and at many venues including Boston, Ottawa and London. He has counted many distinguished Canadians among his personal friends, including Maureen Forrester, Jean Gascon, Bill Glassco, Robertson Davies, Adrienne Clarkson, Christopher Plummer, Dalton Camp and Barker Fairley.
Bawtree has now written the fascinating first volume of his memoirs, describing his unique upbringing from his birth in Australia to his growing up in England. Bawtree gives us an absorbing account of English life during and after the Second World War, and regales us with the amusing and remarkable stories which became part of his family mythology. It was the kind of upbringing which no longer exists, when clever boys were expected to study Latin and Greek, when living a fine moral life was considered more important than having a career, and when very few people had money – least of all the Bawtrees.
Michael Bawtree stepped off the boat from England in 1962, passing through Halifax'...s Pier 21 to begin a new life in Canada. In the fifty years that followed he became well known for his many theatrical enterprises all over the country, from British Columbia to Nova Scotia, and including a stint as Associate Director of the Stratford Festival. Along the way he has written a play for Stratford (The Last of the Tsars 1966); served as a book critic for a Toronto newspaper; published a book on music theatre (The New Singing Theatre OUP New York 1990); authored a young person's novel (Joe Howe to the Rescue Nimbus 2004); and appeared as Joseph Howe on CBC-TV and at many venues including Boston, Ottawa and London. He has counted many distinguished Canadians among his personal friends, including Maureen Forrester, Jean Gascon, Bill Glassco, Robertson Davies, Adrienne Clarkson, Christopher Plummer, Dalton Camp and Barker Fairley.
Bawtree has now written the fascinating first volume of his memoirs, describing his unique upbringing from his birth in Australia to his growing up in England. Bawtree gives us an absorbing account of English life during and after the Second World War, and regales us with the amusing and remarkable stories which became part of his family mythology. It was the kind of upbringing which no longer exists, when clever boys were expected to study Latin and Greek, when living a fine moral life was considered more important than having a career, and when very few people had money – least of all the Bawtrees.