Daisy Eris Campbell (born 1978),[1] is a British writer, actress and theatre director. Daughter of actor and director Ken Campbell and actress and therapist Prunella Gee.[2] She staged The Warp, a revival of Neil Oram's 24-hour play (which her father had directed many times in the late seventies and early eighties) at The Everyman Theatre, Liverpool.[3] Campbell also adapted Robert Anton Wilson’s cult autobiographical book Cosmic Trigger for the stage.[4] She played the role of her mother in the play.[4] Cosmic Trigger is a kind of sequel to her father's adaptation of Robert Anton Wilson's Illuminatus! Allegedly, Daisy was conceived during the original production of Illuminatus! [4] In part, the play of Cosmic Trigger deals with the production of Ken Campbell's adaptation of Illuminatus! in Liverpool in 1976.[4]
Daisy Campbell | |
|---|---|
| Born | Daisy Eris Campbell 1978 (age 45–46) England |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, actress, director |
| Years active | 1990s–present |
| Parent(s) | Ken Campbell Prunella Gee |
In Liverpool, in 2017, she directed the KLF's Welcome to the Dark Ages.[5]
In 2018 Campbell was orchestrating and touring a group reading around Britain of the novelist Alistair Fruish's 46,000-word monosyllabic novel "The Sentence".[6]
In 2019 Jason Watkins won the Observer/Anthony Burgess prize for arts journalism for his review of the Daisy Campbell's one-woman show Pigspurt’s Daughter.[7]
References edit
- ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2006). Debrett's People of Today Two Thousand and Six. London: Debrett's Peerage. p. 261. ISBN 9781870520324. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ Nick, Clarke (14 November 2014). "'Illuminatus!' director's daughter returns to play that gave her life".
- ^ The House, Via (21 November 2014). "Playing the Cosmic Trigger: An Interview with Daisy Eris Campbell". The Psychedelic Press.
- ^ a b c d Coveney, Michael (10 May 2017). "Cosmic Trigger: Ken Campbell's daughter captures Illuminatus! spirit in trippy epic". The Guardian.
- ^ Ellen, Barbara (26 August 2017). "KLF Welcome to the Dark Ages". The Guardian.
- ^ Cooper, Neil. "Epic four-hour reading of Alistair Fruish's novel is a return to arts as resistance". The Herald Scotland.
- ^ Watkins, Jason (10 March 2019). "Burgess Prize winner 2019: Jason Watkins on Daisy Campbell's Pigspurt's Daughter". The Guardian.