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Kieran King introduces 'Eight Seven Six'

Mel Cooke, Gleaner Writer

Kieran King is a bold man - or a gambling man - or both. He chose last week Thursday, when the Carib premiere of the movie Ghett'a Life seemed like the only ticket worth clutching on to in town, to present the Eight Seven Six theatre company to an understandably minuscule audience at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts (PSCCA).

But the daring did not begin with the choice of date to declare Eight Seven Six publicly and present snippets of the play Last Call , which is now playing at the PSCCA, University of the West Indies, Mona, and runs until August 21. King has written theatre reviews for The Gleaner , some of them scathing and scorching, and now that he is up front as writer/director of Last Call (in addition to his previous acting credits), no doubt his work will be scrutinised with a decidedly jaundiced eye by some.

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Antebellum Instruments: c.1935 Armstrong Orchestra Archtop Guitar

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This rhinestone-encrusted, mother-of-toilet-seat-bedecked, sunburst, flamed maple and solid carved spruce top, 15 3/4" wide, hubba hubba guitar was (supposedly, and very likely) made by Harmony and sat towards the top of their line. Whoever owned the "Armstrong" brand and sold under that name was certainly not happy with anything short of I worked recently on the model just above this, an Armstrong Dansant (click for link) , and loved it -- but foolishly sold it. When this model, one rung down, popped up, I jumped at it and am super happy I did. It's going to be replacing something from my collection as I'm psyched to have found another one (as they're pretty darn rare).

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Early years

Roger Harry Daltrey was born in the Hammersmith area of London, but was raised in Acton, the same working class suburban neighborhood that produced fellow Who members Pete Townshend and John Entwistle. He was one of three children born to parents Irene and Harry Daltrey, and grew up with two sisters, Gillian and Carol. Harry Daltrey worked for a water closet manufacturer, and Irene Daltrey was told she would be unable to have children because of losing a kidney in 1937. Nevertheless, she went into labour during a World War II air raid and gave birth to her son at the nearby Hammersmith Hospital, West London. At the age of three, the young Roger swallowed a rusty nail which had to be surgically removed, leaving a visible scar. At the age of five, the rust from the nail caused an ulcer in his stomach which required him to be hospitalised.

Daltrey attended Victoria Primary School and then Acton County Grammar School for boys along with Pete Townshend and John Entwistle. He showed academic promise in the English state school system, ranking at the top of his class on the eleven plus examination that led to his enrollment at the Acton County Grammar School. His parents hoped he would eventually continue on to study at the university, but Daltrey turned out to be a self-described “school rebel” and developed a dedicated interest in the emerging rock and roll music scene instead.

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