On the 50th anniversary of TheKinks' Arthur, davedavieskinks & MickAvory open up about how family drama fueled a classic
, but it caught the ears of Jo Durden-Smith, a television producer who approached Ray to create a pop opera for the small screen. Davies first put hisconcept on paper as a TV script in which Arthur Morgan, a character inspired by Anning, flails through his unfamiliar new Australian environment.
While working with screenwriter Julian Mitchell, Ray had second thoughts about his family story becoming popcorn entertainment. “I wasn’t entirely comfortable because it was about my family and felt personal,” he said in the booklet. “So I held back.”teleplay ended up falling through. “The negotiations fell down. It never happened,” Avory says. “Ray sort of converted it into an album for the Kinks, so we did it as an album.
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