The Girl in a Swing [antikvár]

FrefaceThis story is such a mixture that even upon reflection I camiot be sure of unravelling the experienced from the imagined. There seemed no point in giving Bradfield a pseudonym, since it is widely known to be unique in having a Greek theatre where plays are performed in the original Greek. There also seemed little point in disguising the fact that David Raebum produced the Agamemnon of 1958. However, he was not assisted by either Alan Desland or Kirsten, since they, like Mr. and Mrs. Cook, Alan's housemaster and the other Bradfieldians mentioned, are entirely fictitious.Similarly, the localities in and near Copenhagen are real though the Golden Pheasant restaurant is not. Jarl and Jytte Borgen are real and so is Per Simonsen, but Mr. Hansen and his ofl5ce staff are ficdtious. Both Tony Redwood and Mr. Steinberg are fictitious, but Lee Dubose happens to be real. And so on.Newbury, like many towns in England, has changed much during recent times, but I have written of it con amore, as I remember it, and hope I may be excused any minor anachronisms such as, e.g., mention of a building which may in fact no longer be there. In my day there had been for many years an old-established china business in Northbrook Street, but I wish to emphasise that its proprietora lifelong friendand staff bear no resemblance whatever to Alan Desland, Mrs. Taswell and Deirdre, and certainly did not in any way suggest the story to my mind.