Phyllis April King, née Leiterman,[1] is a British poet and children's author. She appears and reads her material on Ivor Cutler's albums Dandruff, Velvet Donkey and Jammy Smears.[2][3] King designed some of the Ivor Cutler album covers, and worked with him on the radio series King Cutler which was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 1990.[4]
Personal life
editKing was born in Canada to a creative family whose siblings Douglas, Richard[5] and Elaine (Campbell) were all in film and television. She married film director Allan King, with whom she had a daughter, and they moved to London in the 1960s where she worked as a teacher.[6] They divorced in the late 1960s.
King was in a long-term relationship with Ivor Cutler for over forty years up to his death in 2006 though they did not live together, preferring to retain their independence.[7][8] Cutler wrote the song "Beautiful Cosmos" about her.[9] She lives in Wiltshire.[10]
Stage portrayal
editIn 2014 she was portrayed by Elicia Daly in the stage play The Beautiful Cosmos of Ivor Cutler, a co-production by Vanishing Point and National Theatre of Scotland.[11]
Bibliography
editPoetry
edit- Dust – Newcastle upon Tyne: Morden Tower Publications, 1978.
- Close Views – Newcastle upon Tyne: Morden Tower Publications, 1980.
Children's books
edit- The Hungry Cat – London: Walker, 1986. (Illustrated by Phyllis King) ISBN 0744514150
- Apple Green and Runner Bean – London: Walker, 1993. (Illustrated by Phyllis King) ISBN 0744547334
References
edit- ↑ "Douglas Leiterman obituary". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
Survived by ...his sister Phyllis King
- ↑ Irwin, Colin (9 March 2006). "Ivor Cutler – Obituaries – News – The Independent". The Independent. Archived from the original on 22 April 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- ↑ "The wacky world of Ivor Cutler". Evening Times. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- ↑ "King Cutler". Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- ↑ "Richard Leiterman obituary". Toronto Star. 17 July 2005. p. 22. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
- ↑ Feldman, Seth, ed. (2002). Allan King: Filmmaker. Indiana University Press. p. 88. ISBN 0968913210.
- ↑ Wyatt, Robert (2006). Mojo (150–153). EMAP Performance Limited.
Finally, we must mention Phyllis April King, who nurtured Ivor and kept an eye on him.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Theatre review: Beautiful Cosmos Of Ivor Cutler – The Scotsman". The Scotsman. 12 April 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- ↑ Shepherd, Fiona. "Who is Ivor Cutler?". Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- ↑ "Phyllis King - www.ivorcutler.org". Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- ↑ "The Beautiful Cosmos of Ivor Cutler review – 'A big grin of a show'". The Guardian. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
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