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Nicholas Bacon en 1579, peinture anonyme, National Maritime Museum, Londres. "Star Beast", in Mainly in Moonlight: Ten Stories of Sorcery and the Supernatural (coll 1965), is an effective First Contact tale in which a monkey-like Alien (see Apes as Human) crash-lands on Earth, where it is forced by human blindness to its true nature to act like a "monkey".
At this point that identity was retired, and Nicholas Stuart Gray presented as male from around 1939; he underwent a medical transition in 1959 (very early for Female-to-Male procedures). The Picture of Dorian Gray … Wikipedia
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Nicholas Bacon — (1509 1579) est un juriste et homme politique anglais. Relatively little of his fiction is of sf interest, though his best-known novel, Down in the Cellar (1961), does hint of breakthroughs from different Dimensions.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray — Dorian Gray redirects here. All his publications are as by Gray.
Though there was a considerable degree of intersection, his career as author can be roughly divided into his work as playwright, with the unpublished "Judgement Reserved" reportedly being produced as early as 1940, and his later work as novelist for Young Adult readers, beginning with Over the Hills to Fabylon (1954).
Gray's plays are designed exclusively for children, and particularly in the 1950s were frequently performed around Christmas [for Christmas and for a fantasy-oriented take on Nicholas Stuart Gray see TheEncyclopedia of Fantasy under links below].
In The Wardens of the Weir (1978), published in parallel with "Once Upon a Time There Was a Chance" in A Wind from Nowhere (coll 1978), a figure identified as both Lucifer and Avatar (see Secret Masters) gives the young protagonists of the tale a guided tour (it is not clear if by Time Travel, via a portal to other planets or via Time Viewer) of venues where species, extinct or endangered on this planet because of Homo sapiens, may thrive.
He was also an author of children's fantasy; he wrote a number of novels, a dozen plays, and many short stories.
Nicholas Stuart Gray
Nicholas Stuart Gray (23 October 1922, Scotland – 17 March 1981) was a British actor and playwright, perhaps best known for his work in children's theatre in England.
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Nicholas Stuart Gray
born London: 23 October 1912
died London: 17 March 1981
works
- Over the Hills to Fabylon (London: Oxford University Press, 1954) [illus/hb/Nicholas Stuart Gray]
- Down in the Cellar (London: Dennis Dobson, 1961) [illus/hb/Edward Ardizzone]
- The Seventh Swan: An Adventure Story (London: Dennis Dobson, 1962) [for play version see under plays below: illus/hb/Joan Jefferson Farjeon]
- Grimbold's Other World (London: Faber and Faber, 1963) [hb/Charles W Stewart]
- The Stone Cage (London: Dennis Dobson, 1963) [for play version see under plays below: a reported vt, The Stone Tower, has not been located: hb/Nicholas Stuart Gray]
- The Apple-Stone (London: Dennis Dobson, 1963) [illus/hb/William Stubbs]
- The Apple Stone (New York: Meredith Press, 1969) [vt with possible revisions: illus/hb/Charles Keeping]
- New Lamps for Old (London: Dennis Dobson, 1968) [illus/hb/Joan Jefferson Farjeon]
- Killer's Cookbook (London: Dennis Dobson, 1976) [hb/]
- The Wardens of the Weir (London: Dennis Dobson, 1978) [illus/hb/Carolyn Dinan]
- The Garland of Filigree (London: Dennis Dobson, 1979) [illus/hb/Winifred May Hatch]
plays
series
Puss in Boots
individual plays
- The Tinder-Box: A Play for Children (London: Oxford University Press, 1951) [play: first performed December 1950, Liverpool: illus/hb/Joan Jefferson Farjeon]
- Beauty and the Beast: A Play for Children (London: Oxford University Press, 1951) [play: first performed December 1949, Mercury Theatre: illus/hb/Joan Jefferson Farjeon]
- The Princess and the Swineherd: A Play for Children (London: Oxford University Press, 1952) [play: first performed 1951: illus/hb/Joan Jefferson Farjeon]
- The Hunters and the Henwife (London: Oxford University Press, 1954) [play: chap: first performed 1954: illus/hb/Joan Jefferson Farjeon]
- New Clothes for the Emperor (London: Oxford University Press, 1957) [play: chap: first performed 1956: illus/hb/Joan Jefferson Farjeon]
- The Imperial Nightingale (London: Oxford University Press, 1957) [play: chap: first performed 1957: illus/hb/Joan Jefferson Farjeon]
- The Other Cinderella (London: Oxford University Press, 1958) [play: chap: first performed 1958: illus/hb/Joan Jefferson Farjeon]
- The Seventh Swan: A Play (London: Dennis Dobson, 1962) [play: illus/hb/Joan Jefferson Farjeon]
- The Stone Cage: Based on the Tale of "Rapunzel" by the Brothers Grimm (London: Dennis Dobson,.
1963) [play: various unpublished earlier titles: : first version first performed Christmas 1953 Mercury Theatre, London: illus/Nicholas Stuart Gray: hb/Joan Jefferson Farjeon]
- New Lamps for Old (London: Dennis Dobson, 1968) [play: first performed 1968: illus/hb/Joan Jefferson Farjeon]
- Gawain and the Green Knight: A Play (London: Dennis Dobson, 1969) [play: illus/hb/Victor Ambrus]
collections and stories
nonfiction
links
previous versions of this entry
Nicholas Stuart Gray
Nicholas Grey — For the actor, see Nicholas Gray.
Nicholas Grey (1590? In his later life, he frequently performed in his own plays, most famously as the eponymous Cat in The Marvellous Story of Puss in Boots (1955); cats appear in several of his tales as well, including Grimbold's Other World (1963). Grey was born in London about 1590. Over the Hills to Fabylon is about a city whose king has the ability to make it fly off across the mountains if he feels it is in danger.
Gray maintained a long-term collaborative relationship with set designer and illustrator Joan Jefferson Farjeon (niece of Eleanor Farjeon and Harry Farjeon); she supplied the costume and scenic designs for many of the theatrical productions of his plays, as well as the illustrations for most of his printed plays and for the novel version of The Seventh Swan.
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