Robert Calvert play staged in London

[Jerry Kranitz]

[posted on behalf of Knut Gerwers]

Hello all,
I've just received the news, that the Calvert play

The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice

will be staged in London - at the same theatre (Pentameters Theatre)
where it was premiered in 1976.

following you'll find the official press-release from Pentameters -
you can also find it on start-page the Calvert website
http://aural-innovations.com/robertcalvert
- including a pic of the actor playing Jimi Hendrix a.m.

here's the:

PRESS RELEASE

Pentameters Presents:

A new production of

"The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice"
by Robert Calvert

Running from Tuesday 23rd August  to Saturday 10th September  2005

PRESS NIGHT: Thursday 25th August 2005 at 8.00pm

Pentameters Theatre, The Three Horseshoes, 28 Heath Street, London NW3 6TE
Tuesday to Saturday 8.00pm (no show Sunday and Monday)
Nearest tube – Hampstead (Northern Line) Buses 268, 46
Tickets £10. £8 concs. Box Office : 0207 4353648

For Press night tickets and enquiries: Lester Richards (07766 105780)
Email enquiries: lesterrichards at yahoo.co.uk

Pentameters is pleased to present the first production in 20 years of this
fascinating play, about a little-known and formative episode in the early
life of Jimi Hendrix, and the first production of the play since the death
of the author in 1988.
The play was first produced by Leonie Scott-Matthews at Pentametres Theatre
in 1976.

"The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice" is a play exploring forces
inside the young Jimi Hendrix, whilst still a paratrooper in the U.S. Air
Force, which ultimately led him to become a rock legend. It is the story of
a day in Hendrix’s life in the parachute regiment and his relationship with
his sargeant.

Robert Calvert, author, was an influential 1970’s poet, playwright and
vocalist with the rock band Hawkwind. There were many connections between
Hawkwind and Hendrix. Lemmy, the band’s bassist who later went on to achieve
fame with Motorhead, is reputed to have roadied for the Jimi Hendrix
Experience, and Jimi himself is said to have watched Hawkwind’s performance
at the Isle of Wight festival from the audience.

Lester Richards, Director, made his directorial debut in May 2003 with
"Firestarters" by Max Frisch, also at Pentameters. This new translation by
the director was the first full translation into English of both the play
and the epilogue in over 40 years. He has previously worked in the theatre
as an actor, lighting technician and sound technician.

Press: Lester Richards (07766 105780)
Email: lesterrichards at yahoo.co.uk