image by Giovanni Dall’Orto
What do I care for the world, that I should plane my prominences down to fit its narrow groove? Have you not realized yet that it is not an ordinary, but an extra-ordinary man with whom you have to deal; and with whom not ordinary, but extra-ordinary methods must be used? […] I do not doubt that justice will be offered me, some day…I under-go that I may over-come.
Further reading
Papal bull
Benevolent deity
Strange Flowers guide to London: part 1
Pages: Frederick Rolfe’s Reviews of Unwritten Books
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You might be interested in my one-man play Now We Are Pope: Frederick Rolfe in Venice, which is about to be revived at the Etcetera Theatre in London 8 – 13 July 2014 and theSpace on North Bridge, Edinburgh 18 – 23 August. It got good reviews first time round. Part of Desire and Pursuit; three one-man plays on themes of beauty, faith and obsession, which includes Tadzio Speaks . . . , featuring Thomas Mann’s silent youth. Details on arberyproductions.co.uk.