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Derek Forbes. Drama / Theatre Studies Tuition (Advice on Tuition and Auditions - Hertford)

Retired lecturer. Formerly:
County Drama Organiser, Oxfordshire
Head of Drama, Balls Park College - Head of Drama Department, Trent Park College - Head of Department, Middlesex Polytechnic. Vice-President of the Society for Theatre Research, London.

Professional theatre lecturer and practitioner. No age constraints and modest or no fee for advice.

Help offered in the fields of;
* Theatre Studies including specialist advice on dissertations, presentations etc (especially historical)
* Drama Training advice
* Preparation for college interviews in these fields.
* Individual coaching for audition, speciality acts, etc.

Publications:
* "The Enigma of John Bingley's Poem 'The Fair Quakers'(1713)" (Blot Publishing 1997);
* "Lydgate's Disguising at Hertford Castle: the First Secular Comedy in the English Language" (Blot Publishing 1998);
* "Illustrated Playbills" (Society for Theatre Research 2002);
* "The Artist and the Organist: The Luppinos of Hertford and Ware" (Rockingham Press 2005);
* Articles in "Speech and Drama", "Theatre Notebook", "Hertfordshire Mercury", "Hertfordshire Countryside", Etc.

Theatrical Productions:
Productions directed include: " The Merchant of Venice" at the Minack Theatre, Cornwall; "A Taste of Honey", "A Man for All Seasons, "The Dresser", "Lady Audley's Secret", and "The Merry Wives of Windsor" for local dramatic societies; a series of "Folk Tales Road Shows" for local schools; and the Hertford Pageant of 1973.

Opening Hours: By arrangement, day or evening.