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Gosford Park

Sometimes On The Rarest Nights by Clionaeilis

Clionaeilis constructs an entire era through Ivor Novello's letters to Mabel Nesbitt in this clever epistolary story, with its seamless blend of fact & fiction. The glimpses of other characters' futures are a bonus

[Added 18/07/2009; Character Piece; 6000-20,000; Gosford Park]

What Henry Wants by Clionaeilis

'"Ivor was right about this being the wrong place to play master and servant -- it's not a game to these people, Henry."' Clionaeilis fleshes out the cipher of Morris Weissman, one of the film's most opaque characters. The piece also explores the realities of being queer in the Hollywood of the time

[Added 28/01/2011; Character Piece; 2500-6000; Gosford Park]