David Storey was an extraordinary literary figure: an acclaimed playwright and a Booker prize-winning novelist who was also an outstanding artist. With director Lindsay Anderson outside the Royal Court theatre, 1969. The mechanics of how to assemble a marquee on the stage of the Royal Court were solved with surprising effectiveness. “DAVID STOREY WEEK: TRIUMPH AND DISASTER”, ran the headline across the arts page of that week’s Sunday Times. Extracted from A Stinging Delight: A Memoir by David Storey, published by Faber on 3 June (£20).

Source: The Guardian May 23, 2021 06:00 UTC