![]() ![]() He and his family now live in the United States. He settled in England in 1977, and lived for many years with his English wife and four children in North Yorkshire. Since it was first published in 1995, Notes from a Small Island has never been far from the top of the bestsellers lists, and has sold over one and a half million copies.īill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. We spoke to actress Bryony Corrigan in rehearsals for this world premiere production. The resulting book was a eulogy to the country that produced Marmite, George Formby, by-elections, milky tea, place names like Farleigh Wallop, Titsey and Shellow Bowells, Gardeners' Question Time and people who say 'Mustn't grumble.' Britain would never seem the same again. A brand-new stage adaption of Bill Bryson's award-winning memoir Notes From A Small Island, affectionately celebrating the quirks and eccentricities of British life, will play at The Watermill in Newbury from next week. But before leaving his much-loved Yorkshire, Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around old Blighty, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had for so long been his home. After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson took the decision to move Mrs Bryson, little Jimmy et al. ![]()
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