A voyage around my father / John Mortimer
| dc.contributor | Delbecque, Nicole Departament Linguistiek Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Leuven |
| dc.contributor.author | Mortimer, John Clifford, 1923- |
| dc.coverage.placeName | London |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-27 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-21T16:18:20Z |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-21T16:18:20Z |
| dc.date.created | 1971 |
| dc.identifier | ota:0477 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/0477 |
| dc.description.abstract | Forms part of the Louvain Corpus of Modern English Drama |
| dc.format.extent | Text data (1 file : ca. 82 KB) |
| dc.format.medium | Digital bitstream |
| dc.language | English |
| dc.language.iso | eng |
| dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Oxford Text Archive Legacy Collection |
| dc.rights | Use of this resource is restricted in some manner. Usually this means that it is available for non-commercial use only with prior permission of the depositor and on condition that this header is included in its entirety with any copy distributed. |
| dc.rights.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/licence-ota |
| dc.rights.label | ACA |
| dc.subject.lcsh | English drama -- 20th century |
| dc.subject.other | Plays |
| dc.title | A voyage around my father / John Mortimer |
| dc.type | Text |
| has.files | yes |
| branding | Oxford Text Archive |
| files.size | 83958 |
| files.count | 1 |
| otaterms.date.range | 1900-1999 |
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*117 #68 $ A VOYAGE ROUND MY FATHER $ 01 ROSES ... NOT MUCH OF A SHOW OF ROSES . $ 03 NOT BAD . $ 01 ONIONS ... HARDLY A BUMPER CROP WOULD YOU SAY ? $ 03 I SUPPOSE NOT . $ 01 EARWIGS AT THE DAHLIAS . $ YOU REMEMBER , WHEN YOU WERE A BOY , YOU REMEMBER OUR GREAT SLAUGHTER OF EARWIGS ? $ 03 I REMEMBER . $ 01 YOU SEE THE DAHLIAS ? $ 03 YES . $ 01 DESCRIBE THEM FOR ME . $ PAINT ME THE PICTURE ... $ 03 WELL , THEY 'RE RED ... AND YELLOW . $ AND BLOWSY ... $ 01 BLOWSY ? $ 03 THEY LOOK SORT OF OVER-RIPE . $ MIDDLE-AGED ... $ 01 EARWIG TRAPS IN PLACE , ARE THEY ? $ 03 THEY 'RE IN PLACE . $ 01 WHEN YOU WERE A BOY , WE OFTEN BAGGED A HUNDRED EARWIGS I N A SINGLE FORAY ! $ DO YOU REMEMBER ? $ 03 I REMEMBER . $ MY FATHER WASN'T ALWAYS BLIND ... $ THE THREE OF US LIVED IN A SMALL HOUSE SURROUNDED , AS IF FO R PROTECTION , BY AN ENORMOUS GARDEN . $ HE WAS DRIVEN TO THE STATION , WHERE HE CAUGHT A TRAIN TO LO NDON AND THE LAW COURTS , TO HIS WORK AS A BARRISTER IN A GR EAT HEARSELIKE MOTOR WHICH HE W . . .
