MARILYN FLOYDE BIOGRAPHY
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Marilyn Floyde has worked in performing arts and community theatre throughout her career, and has directed arts programmes around the UK. She has written plays, musicals and libretti for choral works. Recently two major cantatas have been performed and broadcast: 'Waters of Time' (composer Ronald Corp) in Wells Cathedral and the Colston Hall, Bristol, about Wells and Somerset, and a BBC Commission, 'Weaving the Future' (composer Bill Connor) in The Guild Hall, Preston, about Lancashire. She was educated at Dartington College of Arts and has an MA in Creative Writing from University College, Chichester. She writes regularly for the website www.burgundytoday.com and has lived in France since 2000. Her most recent book, King Arthur's French Odyssey, was published in October 2009, by Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie, of Cambridge, Engand. |
| CONTACT : kingarthursfrenchodyssey@googlemail.com |
PUBLISHED WORK • Feature about holidays on the Nivernais Canal, a week on the Hotel Barge ‘The Luciole’. • Arts Reviews: Abbey de Reigny performance programming; Music reviews: Les Anglais Icuanais, Oiseau Lyre; Visual Arts: Veronique Giarruso • New Writing section : English language showcase for writers living in France/writers writing about France • History: Features on The Celts; The Merovingians; The Romans; The Dark Ages; Myths and Legends - the early King Arthur in Avallon research findings. MAGAZINE LIBRETTI • For BBC: Libretto for ‘Weaving the Future’, community cantata about Lancashire. Performed by massed choirs and BBC Singers at Preston Guild Hall (2004) Published in full in souvenir Programme (BBC). Recorded for BBC Radio 4. • For New London Orchestra: Libretto for ‘Playing With the Sun’, songstory about William Morris and the history of Hammersmith and Fulham. Songs featured on BBC Radio 4. Libretti published in souvenir Programme (London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham) INTERNATIONAL TOURING THEATRE PLAYSCRIPTS & MUSICALS STORIES |
