Pub 2004, Copyright David Webb and Peter Biddulph. Hardcover, 243 pages. 72 photographs. Indexed. Available from Peter Biddulph. £8.00 plus up to £3.00 p&p. See Email box at foot of page.
[The following article appeared on December 13th 2006 on the Lew Rockwell website. It's about the London two million people march in on February 15th 2003, the great protest about the upcoming invasion of Iraq]
Morton's Neuroma. That's what the surgeon said. If you walk for a long time on a hard surface, the nerve in the third knuckle of your left foot will fire off, and you'll be in trouble. And so I was, shuffling through the stinking horse manure of London's Whitehall, close to Horseguards' Parade, hanging onto my wife's hand, holding high a placard. A yard ahead an elderly lady pushed a wheelchair containing a young boy with irons on his legs. He was wrapped in blankets, his head lolling to one side. Ahead of them was a group of five ladies from the Womens' Institute of Bridgend in South Wales loudly proclaiming that they represented a hundred more who couldn't get to London. More...
An anti war play like no other. Lockerbie is but a single battle in the eternal war that lies ahead for mankind. As Dr Jim Swire's campaign progresses, in the Swire home Caspidge the resident ghost of Sir Adrian Boult, a symbol of Britain's imperial history, watches and waits. In the dreaming night shadows, Sir Adrian and Jim Swire discover all too late that their own past lives harbour demons of suspicion, hatred and betrayal. In a stunning climax, the Lockerbie trial is replayed before the assembled spirits of the Dead of War, and Sir Adrian discovers his true self and salvation. Copyright Peter Biddulph. Two acts. 86 pages A4. Comb bound. Available from the author. £10.00 incl P&P. See Email box at foot of page.
A play for radio. Also adapted for the stage.. A retired geologist and his wife ill with cancer long ago made a suicide pact. She is in remission, but he now has strange symptoms and is demanding that she honour their bargain. On the winter-locked coast of the Gower they find a dream hotel which soon becomes a nightmare, as the ghosts of past generations ensure that the promise is fulfilled. Copyright Peter Biddulph. November 2006. 45 minutes. 58 pages A4. Comb bound. Available from the author. £7.00 incl P&P.
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A play for radio. Also adapted as a childrens' musical. Albert, badly injured as a teenager in a Yorkshire pit disaster, has been in pain for almost sixty years. An eccentric Romanian professor hears of his plight, and persuades Albert to undergo a series of joint replacements with an experimental new metal. Unknown to Albert, from that meeting will emerge an unusual new career, and a fame that men may only dream of.
Copyright Peter Biddulph. August 2006. 45 minutes. 75 pages A4. Comb bound. Available from the author. £8.00 incl P&P. To purchase, see Email box at foot of page.
A play for stage and radio. Two couples, one American, one British, form a deep friendship during exchanges of visits over several years. The wife of the englishman dies, but still the survivors are intent on renewing their friendship at the lovely village of Albiano, in Tuscany. As they meet, they are joined by the ghost of the dead wife and that of Lt John Fox, a negro soldier-hero of the Allied stand against the Axis powers in World War Two. As friendships renew, the 2003 invasion of Iraq approaches. Beneath the silver Tuscan moon, deep love turns to messianic hatred, and a deadly tragedy ensues. More details in the Spring of 2007. Enquiries to the author via the Email box below.
