David Forrest
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David Forrest is a pen-name used by English novelists Robert Forrest-Webb and David Eliades to write four books, After Me, the Deluge (1972), The Great Dinosaur Robbery
(1970), And to My Nephew Albert I Leave the Island What I Won off Fatty Hagan in a Poker Game (1969), and The Undertaker's Dozen (1974). These books were an example of tight plotlines and riotous humor, touching at the same time some serious topics: The Great Dinosaur Robbery and Nephew deal with the Cold War, After Me, the Deluge with religion.
After Me, the Deluge was the base of a musical written by the Italians Pietro Garinei
, Sandro Giovannini and Iaia Fiastri (Aggiungi un posto a tavola
; English title: Beyond the Rainbow) that is still represented in theaters worldwide. The Great Dinosaur Robbery became a Disney
movie, One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
(1975), which was also highly considered in its time. Despite that, all these books are currently out-of-print.
The Great Dinosaur Robbery
The Great Dinosaur Robbery is a now out-of-print book released in 1970 and written by David Eliades and Robert Forrest Webb under the pseudonym of David Forrest...
(1970), And to My Nephew Albert I Leave the Island What I Won off Fatty Hagan in a Poker Game (1969), and The Undertaker's Dozen (1974). These books were an example of tight plotlines and riotous humor, touching at the same time some serious topics: The Great Dinosaur Robbery and Nephew deal with the Cold War, After Me, the Deluge with religion.
After Me, the Deluge was the base of a musical written by the Italians Pietro Garinei
Pietro Garinei
Pietro Garinei was an Italian playwright, actor, and songwriter.-Biography:Garinei was born at Trieste and graduated in pharmacy...
, Sandro Giovannini and Iaia Fiastri (Aggiungi un posto a tavola
Aggiungi un posto a tavola
Aggiungi un posto a tavola is a musical comedy written by Pietro Garinei, Sandro Giovannini and Iaia Fiastri, which debuted in 1974 under the directio of Garinei e Giovannini. Music was written by Armando Trovaioli....
; English title: Beyond the Rainbow) that is still represented in theaters worldwide. The Great Dinosaur Robbery became a Disney
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...
movie, One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing
One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing is a 1975 British comedy film, which is set in the early 1920s, about the theft of a dinosaur skeleton from the Natural History Museum. The film was produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution Company. The title is a parody of the...
(1975), which was also highly considered in its time. Despite that, all these books are currently out-of-print.