Back in 1975 my father, Ted Allan, gave me his script for the movie, Lies My Father told Me, and asked me if I thought I could novelise it. I did, and I did (and I’ll tell you more, if you ask).
While it was in print, it was taught in high school English courses!
Now, out [...]
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I have just posted my father’s children’s story, Willie the Squowse, on line. It is wonderful. Do have a look.
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Ted Allan: a partial biography…
Posted in Ted Allan, books, this blog, what I do on Apr 14th, 2010
My father used to say that Norman Bethune was the most exciting person that he every new (as an introduction to discussing Bethune). My father, Ted Allan, was the most exciting person that I ever knew…
I have posted 13 chapters of a (20 chapter) biography… and more are coming.
The first chapter, (The Pen as Sword:
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new videos
Posted in Ted Allan, poetry, the seven laws of..., theatre on Jul 10th, 2009
and I’ve posted a few new videos
The Seven Laws of Drama
and
no downtown: a poem
the baby with the bathwater: a poem
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I’ve now posted chapters five and six of my biography of Ted
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My Leonard Cohen Story: The Bourgeois Blues
Posted in Drama, Ted Allan, humor, moans, poetry, stories, trivia, videos on Nov 9th, 2008
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the text:
My Leonard Cohen Story: The Bourgeois Blues
This concerns Lee Harper’s amazing first poetic outpouring, which my father sent to Leonard Cohen. Lee was, and is, beautiful, so Ted enclosed a “head shot”.
A few days later Ted said to me, “You write poetry,” and then something like, “Wow! Your good. You’re really good*,” [...]