tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post1054637655700375407..comments2024-03-28T10:31:55.774-07:00Comments on The Passing Tramp: All That Glitters Is Not Gold: Felicity Worthington Shaw, aka Anne Morice (1916-1989), and Her Life in Crime FictionThe Passing Tramphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-38690873090887515162020-08-27T12:04:33.744-07:002020-08-27T12:04:33.744-07:00Hi, I am the writer, Curtis Evans aka The Passing ...Hi, I am the writer, Curtis Evans aka The Passing tramp. I have received an email and will be writing back shortly. I am so glad you enjoyed the piece. I always enjoy putting such together.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-27834546208641227012020-08-27T03:55:36.013-07:002020-08-27T03:55:36.013-07:00Thoroughly enjoyed this! You've unearthed mor...Thoroughly enjoyed this! You've unearthed more Worthington family history than I ever managed when my mother Yvonne (Felicity's youngest sister) died a few years ago. Huge thanks, and many congratulations!Formerlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01477872826578033548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-3380901607976249222020-08-25T20:21:11.827-07:002020-08-25T20:21:11.827-07:00Turns out Patrick, Anne Morice's great-nephew,...Turns out Patrick, Anne Morice's great-nephew, just found this and didn't write it as I had thought. I would love to be in touch with the actual writer and might be able to contribute some details. Meanwhile I am sending it to my cousins on the maternal side. Happy for my email address to be sent on to the writer with all due security considerationsmary premilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17826379834846311753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-13257401644787565522020-08-24T20:22:32.968-07:002020-08-24T20:22:32.968-07:00This is very well done indeed and obviously I have...This is very well done indeed and obviously I have plenty to think abut and perhaps say. One thing is that Felicity's husband and Patrick's grandfather was called Alexander Shaw, actually George Alexander but he kept the Alexander.<br />I'll write to Patrick personally about this. Felicity was always known as Nutkin, by the way. We, her children, barely knew she was called Felicity. Great work!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12025409395850710477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-56031981617955725512018-12-09T01:32:02.517-08:002018-12-09T01:32:02.517-08:00Oh, wow, that's very cool indeed, especially t...Oh, wow, that's very cool indeed, especially to someone who has actually never even been to England! It's odd, then, my having been very well aware of the Fox brothers for 45 years, but I just happened to see films they were in when I was a kid and they made an impression. An impressive family of thespians!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-28080018162594502262018-12-02T14:25:25.771-08:002018-12-02T14:25:25.771-08:00What a fascinating account -- many thanks! I don&#...What a fascinating account -- many thanks! I don't think I've ever read any of Morice's work, but have now put in an order at the library.<br /><br />I certainly know the Fox brothers' work (there was Michael [no, not Michael J.!] as well) -- they were everywhere for decades, the premier British acting family, one could say. Aside from Lawrence, Emilia is a noteworthy actor of the later generation of Foxes; she played (splendidly!) the second Mrs, de Winter in the 1997 TV miniseries of <i>Rebecca</i>, her mother, Joanna David, married to Edward, having played that same role in the 1979 TV miniseries. There are other Foxes still acting.<br /><br /><i>(This was located very close to the address of the notorious 1974 Lord Lucan murder.)</i><br /><br />And thus very close to where I lived for several years in my teens. I knew and liked Lord Lucan's mum, and some years later, after the scandal, was horrified by the way the press portrayed her.noirencyclopediahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02843963811822980754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-6766554072451735102018-10-30T22:23:34.548-07:002018-10-30T22:23:34.548-07:00I’ll have a post on a few of her books soon. Glad...I’ll have a post on a few of her books soon. Glad you liked the piece, I thought her’s an interesting story too!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-27501889323199921642018-10-29T08:39:39.383-07:002018-10-29T08:39:39.383-07:00Fascinating, your research is always amazing. I ha...Fascinating, your research is always amazing. I have a couple of Morice books on the shelf, I will have to get them down and re-read. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-87410840845398190712018-10-21T21:46:54.619-07:002018-10-21T21:46:54.619-07:00This is all very interesting, Curt. I read a lot o...This is all very interesting, Curt. I read a lot of Morice's books, probably in the 80's, but haven't read any in quite a while. I should find some to try and see if I still like them. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-70920873113590092272018-10-21T11:39:37.011-07:002018-10-21T11:39:37.011-07:00She certainly is under the radar today! I think t...She certainly is under the radar today! I think those are some very persuasive observations. That’s very interesting about the essay pitch, hope we hear more from you about her books. I only started reading them more extensively. She sometimes got criticized for her country house settings, but it’s actually something she lived, and during the Golden Age of the detective novel too. Glad you enjoyed the piece, I personally found all those details and family connections unexpected and fascinating.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-4421763049441011402018-10-21T06:58:11.670-07:002018-10-21T06:58:11.670-07:00This is riveting, thank you so much for your resea...This is riveting, thank you so much for your research! Morice is one of my favorites, and I've long thought she'd be ripe for reprinting, but I selfishly enjoy having her be under the radar these days. (I did pitch an essay on the Tessa novels to several publications, but it never went anywhere.) <br /><br />It's funny because her novels are light-hearted and the continuing characters are very appealing, but I do think her very dysfunctional background (about which I had no idea until now) can fit in with her fiction. Most of her novels do feature dysfunctional, unappealing upper-middle-class and rich people, and I can think of several Lucy Glitters-esque characters. It's almost like by making the core characters--the Tessa/Robin/Ellen/Toby quartet--lovable, she's carving out a new space for her own values in a world largely peopled by characters like Lucy Glitters. Kacperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15219607289740142139noreply@blogger.com