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Peter Janos had recently turned eighteen when he heard rumours that
a demonstration was going to take place that day in Budapest. He
and his classmates in the sixth form of his prestigious school were
instructed not to attend, which naturally made them all the more
eager to do so. They could not have known that this
‘demonstration’ would turn into a major uprising which was to
change forever the lives of those involved. The date was October
23rd 1956. “John Peter has the most extraordinary tale to
tell. He was one of the most powerful critics of his time, and so
it’s good to see his love of theatre shine through his writing;
but what is more surprising is the nature of the battles he had to
fight to achieve his preeminence.” Simon Russell Beale How I
Became An Englishman is John Peter’s astounding account of
childhood in a Soviet State and his hair-raising escape from
Hungary after the 1956 Uprising, to safety in England, and his
gradual transformation into John Peter, Oxford graduate, author of
Vladimir’s Carrot: Modern Drama and the Modern Imagination, and
Chief Drama Critic of The Sunday Times. ‘Anybody who came across
John Peter was instantly charmed by a puckish individual with a
perpetual twinkle in the eye who drew people in by whispering quiet
witticisms that were equally perceptive and funny. Even though he
left his native Hungary in the late 1950s and completed his
education at Oxford, the accent remained, but beyond that, the man
became as Anglicised as his name. What readers of this thrilling,
slim tome will discover is that, before Peter even came of age, he
had lived through torrid times, lucky to escape alive and intact
from a childhood and youth that contained many terrifying moments.
Indeed, his hidden Jewish ancestry meant that, had a stray word
been misplaced, Peter might have become a victim of the Nazis or
their local collaborators and been murdered or condemned to a
concentration camp….a stirring tale.’ British Theatre Guide
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