#Parker Benbow

[mega2wheellife]

old man Parker (RIP)

my art teacher

who would gently ask

how I’d made

my choices in colours

subject & matter

never putting down

these decisions

disasters bleed overs

misrepresentations

as we never questioned

the strange smells

of the green wafting thru’

the studio

he had his own press there

printing for a light fee

invitations business cards

pamphlets advocating

anything

you felt needed an airing

much like his back room

where the models changed

drank courage coffee

by a bar fire before coming out

with a bliss smile

to be caricatured

daubed on blank canvas

by inexpert hands

while Mr. Parker wandered thru’

offering soft sage advice

neil benbow

[fuckyeahhistorycrushes]

Admiral John Benbow 1653-1702

My history crush is this badass Englishman. Who single-handedly went after a ton of vicious pirates and slave traders, fought the French, pissed off a load of people due to his ruthless attitude and disregard for rules, fathered seven kids, then fought the French again. He was abandoned by his captains during battle and his right leg was shattered by chain shot. He died 4 months later. He is buried in Kingston, Jamaica. He is immortalised in the well-known shanty "Brave Benbow" and on various pubs bearing his name. The best-known pub being the one featured in Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island."

Look at those sexy eyebrows. And that periwig. Reminds me a bit of the actor Nathaniel Parker. I'd let Brave Benbow Ben-bone me any day. 

[oots-digitalmedia]

Queer Rep in The Orphans

Title: The Orphans

    Status: Ongoing

    Creator: Zachary Fortais-Gomm

Cast: Aimee Kember, Alex Bird, Rachel Bronte, Beth Eyre, Brooke Parratt, David Devere, David Magadan, Declan Galpin, Elizabeth Benbow, Emily Rowan, Felix Trench, Fiona Thraille, Gavin Richards, Jack Gouldbourne, James Barbarossa,  James Oliva, Jodie Stedman, Karim Kronfli, Katrina Allen, LC Girling, Matt Penson, Pip Gladwin, Ruby Parker-Harbord, Sarah Golding

    Queer Creators: Yes

    Accessibility: Content warnings in show notes, transcripts linked in show notes, and on their website here.

Summary: The Orphans is a cinematic sci-fi audio drama about survival in a harsh universe: castaways on a hostile world, A.I.s with unprecedented emotions, strangers who share faces, love and loss in a far-flung future. Each season explores a new vantage point in an ever-expanding and inter-connected galaxy!

Tags: queer main character, queer woman, queer man, lesbian, gay man, mspec woman, mspec man

Check out our other queer podcast recommendations here.

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Cherry Grove Businesses & Employees (Masterpost)

La Belle

Étienne Gaston

Cosette Bingley

Nicolette Bingley

Jill Bingley

Pleasure Island

Bailey Blue

The Snuggly Duckling

Anya Ivanov

Potts ‘n’ Pans Diner

Patricia Potts

Joy Lear

Aggie Beaumont

Tiana Boudreaux

Katherine Plumber

Vladamir Kuryakin

Dixie Renard

Hat’ll Do It

Jefferson Madigan

Ella Tremaine

Cherry Grove University

Jefferson Madigan

Gigi Thompson

Cherry Grove Police Station

Judy Hopper

Graham Humbert

Ramirez Auto Shop

Audrey Ramirez

Beck Grider

Cooper Slade

Sam Flynn

Bruised Apple Books

Belle Laurent

Livvy Havisham

The Writer’s Stop

Rae Gothel

The Spellman Centre

Avery Spellman

Cherry Grove Aquarium

Floyd Fisher

Rory Bleeker

Misty Silverton

Andie Evans

Iris Hallow

Dunbroch Brewery

Meredith Dunbroch

Cherry Grove Hospital

Nicolette Bingley

Minnie Moore

Victor LeFou

Barry Maxwell

Pulitzer Construction Company

Jack Kelly

Gilbert Waters

Scott Conlon

Davey Jacobs

Grand Pabbie’s Ice Cream Shoppe

Kris Solberg

Flynn’s Arcade

Sam Flynn

The Flower Pot

Florian Meadows

Seth Posey

Llewelyn Way’s Music Emporium

Ailene Way

Peters Farm

Bonnie Peters

Cozy Cone Motel

Sally Porsche

Lucky Cat Café

Hiro Hamada

Gepetto’s

Carver Stringley

The Pridelands

Simon Lyons

Mad Tea Party

Harriet March

Sea Witch Records

Vanessa Ursulan

Benbow Inn

Jim Hawker

The Underworld

Megan Athas

Valois Industries

Adam Valois

The Docks

Harry Hook

Killian Hook

Henry Turner

The Plum Blossom

Hua ‘Flora’ Xian

House of DeVil 

Anita Dearly

Knight Enterprises

Philip Knight

Bella Notte

Travis Stump

Bistrot Chez Remy

Alf Linguini

Winnslow Honey

Daisy Dunne

Cherry Grove Animal Clinic

Nick Wilde

Todd Wilde

Farrah Brown

Graham Humbert (undercover)

Niamh White

Pizza Planet

Todd Wilde

Pucci Parlour

Parker Travers

Caddie Travers

Perdita Conlon

Kingsley Enterprises

Kit Kingsley

Build-a-Bear

Beau Sullivan

Brown's Blacksmiths

Will Turner

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Content Warning: Graphic depictions of violence

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Written & Directed by Zachary Fortais-Gomm

Starring:

Alex Bird as Baz Guilroy

James Barbarossa as GeoFFRy

Elizabeth Benbow as Kathryn

Aimee Kember as Nora Evers & Nora Vass

Matt Penson as Xavier Michaels

Ruby Parker Harbord as Valerie

Jodie Stedman as Stella

Music by: James Barbarossa

[veranoenestocolmo]

La pierna perdida de Long John Silver

          Hace algunas semanas, por casualidad, miré el primer capítulo de Black Sails, una serie producida por Starz, con Toby Stephens y Luke Arnold. Me obsesioné con el universo que retrata y fui descubriendo, de a poco, que es una mezcla entre ficción, realidad e intertextualidad que me despierta la fascinación que suelen dar las obras de arte donde los límites son tan difusos que dejan de importarnos. Fui entendiendo, al pasar los capítulos, que la trama va a derivar inevitablemente en un punto que deje asentado todo para que, veinte años después, Jim Hawkins reciba a Billy Bones en la posada Admiral Benbow y encuentre el mapa de la isla donde está enterrado el tesoro que domina la mayoría de las ambiciones, los plot twists y las idas y venidas de las cuatro temporadas. 

          Michael Bay, el creador, tuvo la genial idea de imaginar un antecedente para las doscientas páginas que componen una de las novelas de aventuras bandera de todos los lectores que nos criamos queriendo navegar en barcos piratas. El universo fascinante que Stevenson diseñó desde las memorias de un joven bristolense que va rumbo a lo desconocido encuentra en la serie explicaciones que traspasan la barrera de la pura fantasía y se inmiscuyen con la política, la historia, el comercio y la guerra.  Todo toma una vuelta de tuerca más si tenemos en cuenta que la libertad para desdibujar esos límites ya se la había tomado el propio Stevenson, que menciona a personajes como William Kidd, Bartholomew y Edward Teach, más conocido como Barbanegra, genialmente personificado en la serie por Ray (esto es en serio) Stevenson.

          Así, desde la nostalgia de la infancia y la adolescencia, desde el placer en la historia, desde la curiosidad por el universo terrible y atrapante de la colonia, el espectador puede encontrar excusas para seguir imaginando episodios que quedan incompletos en los mundos narrativos. Bay propone encontrarle una explicación a cómo perdió la pierna el legendario Long John Silver, qué relación tenía él con el capitán Flint y por qué este aterraba a su propia tripulación, de dónde salió el tesoro, cómo llegó el solitario Ben Gunn, una miniatura de Robinson Crusoe, a ser parte de esa historia, dónde conoció Silver a la negress con la que después vivirá en Bristol, a qué se debe la naturaleza salvaje de Israel Hands, por qué el ensañamiento de todos esos viejos lobos de mar para con Billy Bones. 

          Jessica Parker Kennedy, Hannah New y Clara Paget, además, encarnan las figuras femeninas olvidadas por la historia desde tres ángulos claros en la configuración de lo que Europa llamó el Nuevo Mundo. El poder de las casas de comercio que vinieron desde los dos imperios que se dividieron América, Gran Bretaña y España, muestra en la Eleanor Guthrie de New un juego fino entre la adapatación a una cultura acrisolada y la imposición del yugo de los reyes y sus contadores. Kennedy se pone en la piel de la prostituta vendida en las Antillas Francesas y exportada a Nassau, que a fuerza de inteligencia, traiciones y un interés personal a prueba de lealtades conforma su propio consorcio de negocios del hampa. Clara Paget nos trae una idea de cómo puede haberse manejado, en un mundo de hombres, la mujer pirata más trascendente de esa experiencia: la sanguinaria Anne Bonny, eterna compañera de otro de los personajes históricos en cuya intimidad penetramos a lo largo de las cuatro temporadas: Jack Rackham (Toby Schmitz), que pasó a la historia también bajo el nombre de Calico Jack.

          Las intrigas políticas y personales que llevaron a un miembro de la marina británica, que soñaba con integrar a los señores piratas al imperio, a convertirse en el temido capitán Flint, el abrupto cambio de bando de Benjamin Hornigold, otrora ladero de Barbanegra, la lucha ideológica personal de Charles Vane, el hijo adoptivo de Teach que le asestó la peor puñalada de su vida al jerarca de los mares, el tráfico de información en los prostíbulos de Nassau, el interés comercial despótico de las colonias de Boston, Charleston, Filadelfia, el fuerte español en La Habana, la sed de sangre psicopática de Edward Ned Low, el sufrimiento de las comunidades esclavas de las Bahamas y de Jamaica, la actitud ambigua de la piratería hacia este destino, la ambientación detallista y oscura del caribe del siglo XVIII, el camino hacia el despojo de decencia del célebre gobernador Woodes Rogers, son algunos de los motivos para dedicarle un rato a una serie que explora todos los motivos que hicieron que, durante generaciones, Treasure Island fuera más que un alegato imperialista o una novela del coming of age, y que, si gusta, lleva al bendito camino de sentarse a releer esas hipnotizantes páginas de Stevenson.

[londontheatre]

Thark

I’m a great fan of the 1920s. Ok, I’m not old enough to remember them but thanks to books like the Jeeves and Wooster series, I do feel that I know the era pretty well. I’m also a fan of farce as a theatrical genre and a combination of both seemed too good to miss. So off I toottled to the Drayton Arms to see a performance of Ben Travers’ quintessentially English farce Thark.

At the home of Sir Hector Benbow (Mathijs Swarte) his butler Hook (Daniel Casper) has just received some news. He has become a father – admittedly of a girl but he can cope with that. As he tries to head off to go and see his wife and child, he gives instructions to Warner (Sophia Lorenti) the maid as to what to do when a female visitor arrives. Sir Hector is out at the races with his nephew Ronny (Robin Blell) while his wife Lady Benbow (Charlotte Vassell) is away, so it is up to the servants to ensure that Sir Hector’s guest gets the right message and meets him for a liaison later that event. Unfortunately, nobody knows the girl’s name – Cherry Buck (Isabella Hayward) – and so the message is passed not only to Cherry but also to Mrs Frush (Ellie Gill) who, along with her son Lionel (Alexander Hopwood) are trying to get hold of Sir Hector and complain about the house he has recently sold them. The house – Thark by name – was formerly the property of Sir Hector’s ward, and Ronny’s girlfriend, Kitty (Natalla Lewis), and is, much to Mrs Frush’s horror haunted. Sir Hector and his entourage decide to set off to Thark to debunk the whole ghost nonsense and secure the sale.

Can Mrs Frush be placated? Will Sir Hector manage to get his liaison dangereuse without his wife finding out? Will Ronny and Kitty’s romance be able to survive the traumers they are about to face? Just how dodgy is Mrs Jones, the Housekeeper at Thark and who is the mysterious Mr Whittle (Kieran Slade) hanging round the property. Finally, will Hook get to see his baby daughter before the ghostly shenanigans really get into their stride?

A good farce requires various elements, the most important of which are doors. People need to come in and go out in rapid succession, preferably through different doors, and Granville Saxton’s set does that very well. Not only does it have lots of doors, which slam effectively, but the furniture is very in keeping with the period and the changeover in act II from dining room to bedroom is brilliantly done with both rooms looking really good. Matching the set are the really splendid costumes by Bryony J Thompson. They all looked very period appropriate with the ladies, particularly Isabella Hayward’s dinner dress, looking particularly stunning.

The story itself is a pretty standard farce with messages going to the wrong people and being misinterpreted, very stupid men believing they can get away with anything, and general mayhem. It is very much of the period. Women are not really respected that much – though they are definitely feared – and that attitude is perfectly summed up by Hook’s reaction to the news he has a new daughter. But, overall, it still works. You can’t sit there and compare the actions of these people with what is acceptable today, but if you put yourself back in the time of the flapper and the playboy, it makes sense.

Director Matthew Parker has assembled a very strong cast with a couple of real stand-out performers. Robin Blell was one. An actor with perfect comic timing and a wonderfully expressive face and body that transmits so much across the footlights, Robin was brilliant as young Ronny. Equally I really liked Isabella Hayward’s Cherry Buck. Yes, the character is a rather a stereotypical good time girl that pretends she is all virtuous but Isabella makes her more a real three dimensional person able to hold her own with any of her, so called, social betters.

Overall, Thark was thoroughly enjoyable. My one criticism was the ending, which seemed to just turn up, taking some of the audience by surprise. However any show that includes a Beyoncé dance break, certainly has something going for it. The pace is fast and the highly talented cast do a wonderful job of keeping everything moving smoothly. There are some really deft touches in the action that keep the audience on their toes – keep an eye on the whisky glasses and soda syphon in Act I – and ensures the attention never flags. All in all, if you fancy a break from worrying about Christmas, treat yourself and the family to a trip to Thark and sit back, relax and enjoy a fun and highly entertaining evening out.

Review by terry Eastham

“Ghosts – bunkum! Have you ever met anyone who’s seen a ghost?” “No; but I’ve never met anyone who hasn’t met someone who has…” London, 1927. The rebellious twenties are roaring right outside Sir Hector Benbow’s Mayfair window. All he wants to do is to take Cherry, a ‘good looker’, out for a spot of dinner. His saucy liaison is scuppered when Lady Benbow and his ward Kitty arrive home unexpectedly. What’s more, there are reports that Thark – the family home – is haunted! Hector, his plucky nephew Ronny, and the rest of the family set out to investigate. Will Thark live up to its spine-chilling reputation?

Fast-paced, fruity and full of flappers, Ben Travers’ Thark is a hilarious classic British farce combining sparkling witticisms and bold physical comedy with glamour, naughty romps and a hint of gothic spookery!

This sparkling new production is directed by Off West End Award winning director Matthew Parker.

Cast: Robin Blell, Daniel Caspar, Ellie Gill, Alexander Hopwood, Natalia Lewis, Sophia Lorenti, Kieran Slade, Mathijs Swarte, Charlotte Vassell and Isabella Hayward.

Directed by: Matthew Parker

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THARK by Ben Travers, Drayton Arms Theatre, SW5, until 6 January 2018 ★★★.5 Farce reached a height of popularity in the 1970s and 80s with the likes of Joe Orton’s ‘Loot’, and Michael Frayn’s well known and well-loved ‘Noises Off’ before trailing off into an almost forgotten art. Ben Travers’s play ‘Thark’ is a much earlier farce from the 1920s, and in director Matthew Parker’s production the period detail has been lovingly recreated. Containing meticulous physical comedy with expert timing, at break neck speed, this is much slicker than that other traditional Christmas show, the panto. Travers’ writing is also slick with half a foot in Restoration comedy, (the origins of farce), it exploits the mores of that time. Whilst the morals were often loose (from Wycherley’s ‘The Country Wife’ to George Etherege’s ‘The Man of Mode’), it was not always possible to decide whether this is supposed to be a good or a bad thing. This 1920s plot is much cleaner and clearer. The wealthy and upper class lech’, Hector Benbow has spotted a shop girl he fancies and invited her back to dinner whilst the wife is away. Being told by his butler that she is returning just at the wrong time, he persuades his nephew to pretend he has made the invitation. However, to confuse matters further, Ronald’s intended, Kitty Stratton turns up on the scene. Both men try to cover their arses with hilarious ineptitude. In a subplot the family country house (Thark) is being sold by Mrs Frush, but it has an unsaleable factor of a ghost reputedly lurking in one of the bedrooms. Cue, all going to the house and the final bedroom scene. All the actors are meticulous in voice, diction and physical theatre. They are a young cast, and some are playing several decades older then their actual age. Whilst this works well for the men who are behaving childishly, (we can all do that), the roles of the powerful Lady Benbow and Mrs Frush are much harder to master. They require depth to give them substance, and that is surely something that will only come with age and experience. Unfortunately, this is where the play didn’t quite reach its full potential, the young cast could not always pull it off. However, there were many highlights. Sophia Lorenti as the maid Warner was excellent although she struggled with her role as the scary house keeper at the haunted manor. Those actors who had much less weighty roles had a much easier time. Mathijs Swarte, Daniel Casper, and Robin Blell worked well together. Their roles as Hector Benbow, his butler Hook and his nephew Ronald Gamble were brilliantly portrayed. They interacted extremely well, and it was quickly forgotten that one or two of them are playing the roles of much older characters. Alexander Hopwood in the role of Lionel Frush is wonderfully goofy. Natalie Lewis as the fiancé Kitty Stratton is perfect as the 1920s flapper girl. Isabella Hayward as the unfortunate shop girl, Cherry Buck, played the role with some vulnerability. This does seem pertinent in the light of sexual harassment scandals involving powerful men using their position to get women into bed. Young women do not always conceive of the idea that they are being courted for sex rather than friendship. This farce is not the place for deep political thinking and the comparison (that we are bound to make) is therefore rather unfortunate. It’s a pity because this show has so much to offer, with so many laugh out loud moments. The set (designed by Granville Saxton) has a satisfyingly large number of doors, and is cleverly very flexible to allow movement from the town house, to haunted country house, and finally a bedroom. The tiny bed which Hector Benbow and his nephew must share is a nice touch; hogging the bed clothes has never been so amusingly performed. If you love farce, this is terrific, light, frothy and exquisitely directed, with an intelligent eye and ear for the roaring 20s. An extra bonus, is the gorgeous costume design by Bryony J. Thompson. THARK by Ben Travers, Drayton Arms Theatre, SW5, 12 Dec 2017 - 6 January 2018 7.30pm (with 3pm Saturday matinees) Run Time: Act One: 50 mins, Act Two: 50 mins Tickets: £16.00 Standard £12.00 Concession Box Office: http://www.draytonarmstheatre.co.uk/details.php?prodnum=8 Reviewer Heather Jeffery is founder and editor of London Pub Theatres magazine www.londonpubtheatre.com (email for press releases: hjwrites@aol.com) Formerly playwright and Artistic Director of Changing Spaces Theatre. Her credits include productions at Drayton Arms Theatre (Kensington), Old Red Lion Theatre (Islington), VAULT festival (Waterloo), St Paul’s Church (Covent Garden), Cockpit Theatre (Marylebone) and Midlands Arts Centre (Birmingham)

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Yadkin Co. NC Genealogies and Histories #northcarolinapioneers

Images of Yadkin County, North Carolina Wills and Estates for Family Tree Researchers

The county was formed in 1850 from that part of Surry County south of the Yadkin River, for which it was named.Images of Wills and Estates 1851 to 1902 Testators:Adams, Daniel J. Adams, George Adkins, Horatio Baldwin, A. T. Benbow, Evan Benham, E. A. Brown, Ellen Brown, Henry Brown, Jacob Chapman, Allen Claywell, J. S. Colvard, B. G. Daub, H. N. Dickerson, Alfonso Felts, Harrison Fleming, David Fleming, Elizabeth Fleming, F. Fleming, Henry W. Glen, Elizabeth Gails Greer, David Hall, Alexander Hampton, Alford Harding, B. Harrison, A. Hellmund, Bell Henderson, Bennett Hobson, David Holcomb, Anna Hoots, Daniel Houser, Adam Hutchins, Alexander Sr. Johnson, A. J. Lynch, Elizabeth Martin, Aaron Norman, David W. North, Ann Parker, George Perry, J. J. Perry, J. J. Reavis, Charles Reece, Abraham Reece, Alvis Reinhardt, Christian Robinson, Harvey Rose, Elizabeth Rowland, A. Skidmore, Alexander Sparks, Benjamin Speer, Aquila Stallings, Alexander Stedman, Charles Steelman, George Streetman, Dora A. Swain, Franklin Tomlin, A. N. Vankey, Clayton Vestal, Alexander Vestal, Gina Wade, C. B. Wade, Gholson Wagoner, Catharine Hall, Martha C. Wilkins, George Williams, Isaac Wilson, Conrad Windsor, Elisha A. Woodruff, Allen  Find your Ancestors Records on North Carolina Pioneers SUBSCRIBE HERE

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[mega2wheellife]

be the waiter at the Gonk

I would’ve paid

good money

to be the waiter

at the Gonk

with a line pad

in my back pocket

at the ready

loitering

with intent

picking up crumbs

after Dorothy

Dottie & Deems

there would be no bored

at those board meetings

nothing was too much trouble

to be picked over

pulled apart

it seems

remade in the light of wit

the fun in the acid cut

barb of conversation

if you don’t have anything nice to say

come sit by me

Ms Parker is said

to have said

quite

right

neil benbow

[mega2wheellife]

mr. parker

my art teacher

the man listened

looked at what I did

sure there were other kids there

making better representations

in life sketches & paint

while I flung down

trying to force fat fingers

shape stuff from my head

& this cat got it

understood the frustration

of getting it down

the ideas vision

even if the flesh was weak

he was willing to follow

& that was good for a while

but like all jealous lost adults

children have to have hierarchy

& they thought themselves

better than me

surrounded the artist

to let no one else in

looking over their shoulders

thinking only they

could love the man

needed the attention he had

neil benbow

[mega2wheellife]

you write how often?

you write how often?

sometimes the words come easy

some take years

& others like all good urges

need release

finding paper any paper

crayon pencil paint on a wall

to get the word down right

the other times spent sitting

staring out the window

watching the cats

beautiful white paper

parker ink pen uncapped

& nothing

you write how often?

she asks

listening for words of discipline

mind focused just right

magic time of day

genius restless night

& to hear the muse don’t come easy

makes the poets sound special

so she writes that down tight

maybe to put on her wall

what I can’t quite express

sometimes the words flow out

already formed

not in my head

ready for the pen

& all I have to do is find the place

to put paper to pen

neil benbow

[mega2wheellife]

Ms. Parker

she told me

her middle name

on the promise that

I’d never tell & I never will

like that was some big deal

all solemn I would not laugh

as she revealed a place name

from the far north of Scotland

a Pict town people of blue

& when I think of occasionally

wondering just who

she is laying that on now

the whole take me serious please

over no more than a hill of beans

when her real concern was rejection

so never gave of herself 100&

getting her rejection in first if you will

tho’ I liked what was there

wanted more but no

& how now

she’d reject that like everything else

but I remember Ms. Parker

I remember

too well

neil benbow

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The Record Shop #5

The Record Shop #5

by Stuart Gunter | Illustrated by Parker Benbow

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