The Mythmakers

Scott of the Antarctic and the author of Peter Pan were diverse personalities, yet surprisingly they were the best of friends. Scott felt free to confess to Barrie what he could not reveal to his fellow officers. Barrie saw in Scott a writing gift uniquely suited to the life of an explorer. Both men dreamed of becoming the other. In this new play their conversations cover such subjects as fear, death, will power, courage and the magic moments destined to lead each on his own pathway. This play restores the reputation of England’s foremost explorer in the centenary year of his last expedition, and is a potent vision of the power of words and the influence of one human being over another on the eve of the tragedies which were to engulf both their lives.

The Mythmakers had a rehearsed reading in The Mendocino Theatre, California in November 2009. With an audience little aware of the names and reputations of the principal characters, it created exceptional interest. Another reading was for an invited audience at the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, in June 2010. 120 descendants of Scott’s last expedition responded enthusiastically and there has been considerable interest since. It had another public reading on 4th September, 2010 at the Freemasons Hall, North Berwick, Scotland. There has been considerable interest and it was a main feature in the Scotsman that week.

 

The next performances of The Mythmakers are:

Charing Cross Theatre, The Arches, Villiers Street, London WC2N 6NL

Sunday 18th March and Sunday 25th March 2012 at 3:00 and 7:30 PM

Tickets £15 and £12 from 020-7907 7075 www.charingcrosstheatre.co.uk

A further London run is being planned and a short Scottish tour.