The Scottish writer, playwright and actor Nicholas Stuart Gray was born on this day, October 23rd, in 1922. ***
The In Memoriam article contains some information about his life and works; there is still a little more to be said about him, and the 100th anniversary of his birth is an appropriate time to do it.
***Since this article was first published, I have seen evidence that Nicholas Stuart Gray was not only not the Highland Scotsman he was widely said to be, he was also born in 1912 rather than 1922.
More information about this can be found here:
http://www.imaginarymongoose.co.uk/blog/reviews/ns-gray/
These recent and unexpected discoveries are not relevant to the following material.
Nicholas Stuart Gray said something very interesting about his writing:
“...Cassandra had written the author a fan letter, and she still treasures his modest, graceful reply, in which he said, amongst other things: ‘As all my books and plays are only written for myself and not for any imagined audiences, readers, age-groups, publishers, etc, it is always a delightful surprise to get proof that anyone BUT myself ever reads or sees them...’"
https://firebirdfeathers.com/2015/02/10/on-writers-nicholas-stuart-gray-and-the-stone-cage/
It is the same with this blog! I produce the articles mainly for my own benefit, but I am delighted when I see that they are being read by many people.
The articles about Nicholas Stuart Gray's witches are among the most popular posts on here. I don't know how many are read by people who were already familiar with his works; I would love to think that I have introduced his books to a few new people.
