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About Fidelis
Due to a quirk of fate Fidelis Morgan was born in a red gypsy caravan, Kiomi Romani, which stood in a corner of the grounds of the ancient Abbey of Amesbury, halfway between Stonehenge and Woodhenge.
The Caravan
Baby pictures
Here’s some photos of me as a newborn with my Mama and Gunter, my nanny, in the field outside the caravan. the last photo shows a cheerful me, despite having been in a nasty car crash, which almost led to my losing an eye and got me 24 stitches – a rare thing in those days. Fortunately we lived right by the RAF hospital where they specialised in plastic surgery.
Childhood pics
Me disturbed as someone is cuddling my donkey – Puck Wandering round Ireland My grandfather took me up to the railways to see the goat With my grandfather and Puck Really at home – on the high seas With my mother near the Mountains of Mourne – her home A typical 1950s gathering. Me, amid the cigarettes and babycham My Dad with me in Ireland – what lovely trousers Playing golf with my Papa Not very happy being fiddled with by an elderly paedophile. I’ve never been fond of Christmas Always loved horses And music
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Acting
On British TV Fidelis has appeared in Jeeves u0026#038; Wooster, Mr Majeika, As Time Goes By, Big Women, Dead Gorgeous and various other series. But her major achievement has been in the theatre.
Brecht
Fidelis has appeared in a record number of Brecht plays.
Colette
Fidelis played Cheri’s mother, the ex-showgirl, Charlotte Peloux.
Coward, Wilde & Shaw
Fidelis played the singer Clara Hibbert both at Glasgow Citizens and in the West End, directed by Philip Prowse and starring Rupert Everett and Maria Aitken.
French Drama
Fidelis Morgan is strong and convincing as the militant Kadija.
German & Russian Drama
Fidelis Morgan’s frosty venomous Elizabeth rises to Philip Prowse’s production with blazing conviction.
Goldoni & Lorca
Fidelis played the French opera diva Lucrezia in Robert David MacDonald’s production, both in Glasgow and on tour in Italy.
Jacobean Drama
Fidelis Played Hippolyta in Robert David MacDonald’s Hollywood production.
Jeeves & Wooster
Fidelis as Myrtle in Jeeves and Wooster Fidelis as the Honourable Myrtle Pongleton.
Mr. Majeika
Fidelis as Bunty Bracegirdle Fidelis as Bunty Bracegirdle with the great Stanley Baxter as Mr Majeika in the cult children’s TV series based on Humphrey Carpenter’s novels.
Musicals
Fidelis has appeared in other musicals and musical theatre.
Orton & Hampton
Fidelis played Kath in Giles Havergal’s production at Glasgow Citizens’ Theatre.
Other TV & Film
Fidelis has appeared in many other TV shows.
Restoration
Fidelis played Mrs Marwood in Jocelyn Powell’s production of Congreve’s The Way Of The World at Birmingham University Drama Department.
Miscellaneous
Directing
But It Still Goes On by Robert Graves
Laughing Matters
Drama At Inish
The Gambling Lady
Wedlock Deadlock
The Broken Heart
Plays
Adapted from Patrick Hamilton’s novel about a schizophrenic in seedy 1930s London, this was performed at the Lyric Hammersmith in 1990 with a cast including Dudley Sutton and Celia Imrie.
Pamela
Miss Morgan has devised a text that might have been written by one of her own Female Wits – a work designed to be savoured in private has been opened up and restructured to withstand public exposure.
Hangover Square
The obvious course for an adapter who wants to tackle the story in an original manner would be for him, or in this case her, to cleave the character of the schizophrenic hero so that two actors play him.
Fragments From the Life of Marie Antoinette
From the Life of Marie Antoinette With Jill Benedict for the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, Directed by Fidelis Morgan with design by Geoff Rose.
Writing
Fiction
A bawdy crime caper set in 1699 London. The Countess and Alpiew try to uncover an adulterer and instead unearth a plot involving corruption, alchemy, treason, transvestism and murder. With a guest appearance from Isaac Newton.
Meet Me At Rainbow Corner
Orphans of the Storm
My Dark Rosaleen
The book follows three interconnected storylines.
The Murder Quadrille
In this intriguing suspense novel written in the Hitchcock mode, Fidelis Morgan plays tag with the reader, taking them through the minds of six guests at a dinner party where Murder is on the Menu.
The Murder Quadrille – chapter one
FOXTROT—a pace with short steps, as in changing from trotting to walking Halfway through the dinner party Sarah Beaumont decided that she would definitely leave Martin, her husband of ten years.
Triple Shorts
An anthology of short stories, biographies, sketches and playlets.
Non-Fiction
A large anthology of plays by women playwrights of the Restoration, plus biographies of the playwrights, tables and lists of their works.
The Female Wits
The Female Wits is a thick large format book consisting of biographies u0026#038; playtexts of 17th u0026#038; 18th century women.
A Woman of No Character
Brought up by her father in an army camp, Mrs Manley was in a bigamous marriage by the time she was 16. Then she became the live-in lucky mascot to the now decrepit ex-mistress of Charles II, Lady Castlemaine.
The Well-Known Troublemaker
Charke was the youngest (and unwanted) daughter of the celebrated actor, playwright and Poet Laureate, Colley Cibber. Rebelling against her father’s outmoded theatrical style, Charke sided with the playwright Henry Fielding.
Bluff Your Way in Theatre
An invaluable aid to all dramatic posers.
The Female Tatler
A collection of papers from the original Female Tatler, a twice weekly broadsheet from 1709-10. As good as any novel of the period.
Female Playwrights of the Restoration
A collection of comedies – all eminently playable today.
The Years Between
A study of the woman playwrights whose work appeared in the first 50 years of the 20th century.
A Misogynist’s Source Book
An infuriating anthology of quotations against women. From Buddha to the Beatles from the Code of the Hammurabi to Hitler, from The Bible to The Sun, there are quotes on every aspect of femininity.
Wicked: Women’s Wit and Humour
An anthology of writing by funny women through the ages.
Countess series
Countess Game Which character are you? Click here and find out!
Unnatural Fire
The first book in the Countess Ashby de la Zouche mysteries.
Unnatural Fire – Extract
The first book in the Countess Ashby de la Zouche mysteries.
Unnatural Fire – Reviews
The first book in the Countess Ashby de la Zouche mysteries.
The Rival Queens
The second book in the Countess Ashby de la Zouche mysteries.
The Rival Queens – Extract
The second book in the Countess Ashby de la Zouche mysteries.
The Rival Queens – Reviews
The second book in the Countess Ashby de la Zouche mysteries.
The Ambitious Stepmother
The third book in the Countess Ashby de la Zouche mysteries.
The Ambitious Stepmother – Extract
The third book in the Countess Ashby de la Zouche mysteries.
The Ambitious Stepmother – Reviews
The third book in the Countess Ashby de la Zouche mysteries.
Fortune’s Slave
Currently the last episode in the Countess Ashby de la Zouche series!
Fortune’s Slave – Extract
Currently the last episode in the Countess Ashby de la Zouche series!
Fortune’s Slave – Reviews
Currently the last episode in the Countess Ashby de la Zouche series!
Countess – What People Say
Fidelis Morgan’s books are meticulous in their historical accuracy, zestful in their crime plotting, and very funny.
History and The Countess Series
On first reading it would seem that the entire world of the Countess Ashby dela Zouche is a fiction, but in fact there are very few incidents, even minor details in the novels which are not based on historical truth.
Fun & Games
Just fun.
Restoration Insult Generator
Countess Character Game
Restoration Name Generator
Cause of Death Game
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The Broken Heart
Central School of Speech and Drama. John Ford’s The Broken Heart
