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Neil Oram

I have done some tidy up to WP standards. Wwwhatsup (talk) 22:14, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

ICA Timeline

I note the following on a bio of Bill Nighy:

Enthused by the success of Illuminatus!, Campbell now went further. He teamed up with Neil Oram, a poet and painter obsessed with conspiracies, magic and outre science theories, a man so out-there that a pregnant Prunella Gee wouldn't let him in the house in case his weird vibes affected the baby. Together they'd write The Warp, a 1000-page script that would enter the Guinness Book of Records as the longest play in the world. It was actually written as ten separate plays, but was usually performed as a marathon, with each of the very few actors taking on hundreds of roles. Again, how could Nighy resist? Broadbent was back in too, playing Arthur the Cosmic Grocer as well as many, many others. Rehearsals would begin in December, 1978 at the Bubble Theatre, Hampstead, with the play's run beginning at the ICA on the Mall in January, 1979. The plan was to stage one play a night for five nights a week over two weeks. The first five would then be staged consecutively on the following Tuesday, the second five on the Wednesday. Then would come the marathon.

Would seem to slightly contradict the assertion in the article that the marathon was the result of acclaim. Wwwhatsup (talk) 17:48, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Uliisses

I am having difficulty in nailing down a ref for the 1992 London Film Festival award claim. Best I have found on the BFI site is this which at least shows its inclusion in the Avant-Garde category in 1982. However it does appear to have won Best Film at German Film Critics Association Awards [1].

Family

The copy currently runs:

Oram is a Celt born in Torquay in 1938. His father, Bob Oram was a sportsman and musician who won the one hundred mile West of England road cycling race three years running, played the fiddle and mandolin, as well as being a very witty cartoonist and an ingenious conjurer. In the Second World War Bob Oram worked with Frank Whittle on creating the first jet engine. He was also a very successful gardener and worked as a manager of a very large flower shop. Above all Oram’s father was a very warm hearted and spiritual teacher. On the other hand, Oram’s mother was a paranoid violent tyrant. A cruel witch who freely handed out demonic curses to anyone who in any way displeased her. “Cursed was the day that you were born!” was one of her repetitive curses. Oram’s father taught him how to find spiritual strength in himself and how to find pleasure in being alone.

While this is a wonderful and informative piece of prose it does fail WP in more than one way. There are unverifiable claims to preeminence, unsourced quotes etc, synthesis, over-rich tone etc. Some degree of artistic licence is greeted by a blind eye by tolerant editors, but generally it's for the chop. I apologize for bowdlerizing it, but it must be done. Wwwhatsup (talk) 18:31, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Ready

I'd say it's ready to go. I am going to move it over into the main space. Wwwhatsup (talk) 19:14, 28 February 2013 (UTC)