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with Gray for seven years. Critics were divided, with some praising his achievements, and others saying he sacrificed text and acting to clever trickery. Gray delighted in upsetting audiences but, despite controversy, audiences filled the theatre.
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The next 16 years saw the appearance of seven subsequent books, including his final work under the further pseudonym "O.O.O." in 1974. Wei Wu Wei influenced among others, the British mathematician and author
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In the 1920s and 1930s, Gray worked as a theorist, theatrical producer, creator of radical "dance-dramas", publisher of several related magazines and author of two related books. His cousin was
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After he left his theatrical career, his thoughts turned towards philosophy and metaphysics. This led to a period of travel throughout Asia, including time spent at
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Nicholson, Steve (2016). "'Nobody Was Ready for That: The Gross Impertinence of Terence Gray and the Degradation of Drama".
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Many of Gray's collaborators left the project over his inability to compromise. By 1933, he had abandoned theatre for good.
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which culminated in the publication of two books on ancient Egyptian history and culture in 1923.
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as an experimental playhouse. He acquired the old Theatre Royal in the Cambridge suburb of
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Gray maintained his family's racehorses in England and Ireland and in 1957 his horse
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In 1926, Gray, with no previous practical theatrical experience, opened the
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Only by Failure: The Many Faces of the Impossible Life of Terence Gray
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Fingers Pointing Towards The Moon; Reflections of a Pilgrim on the Way
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In the later part of his life he lived with his second wife, the
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stable recording his gift of land in memory of his parents, 1954
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Wei Wu Wei in his garden in Monaco in 1976
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