David Haines

TRESSELL AND THE LATE KATHLEEN, a dramatic book by D.V Haines for serious students of Robert Tressell’s real life in Hastings. Obtainable through any good book shop for £10 and the ebook is also available- just enter the title online. Also available in libraries.

There are many stories told about Tressell, the mysterious writer known for his one and only novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. This memoir about his daughter suggests that an understanding of his real life is a much better way of understanding how his ideas can be developed for the modern age... and that includes therapeutic suggestions of the kind many of us need (yes, actors too).

D.V Haines is a retired technical writer who specialised in spoken word tape recording.