The Russian Adjutant did his best Terry Cavender was born into confuse me and put me off my Keighley, West Yorkshire. After astride but only succeeded in looking 30 year career in the British Armyas if he was some knob from central he then worked in the Ministrycasting in some 1950’s movie. He of Defence for a further 18 years,pretended that he couldn’t under- latterly as a Media Officer for thestand a word of English, but it was Defence School of Transport,patently obvious that he could. the largest driver training schoolHe would address his interpreter in Europe. Terry has written,in Russian, which would then be produced and directed severaltranslated into English. I then replied stage plays, pantomimes, radioback to him through the Interpreter. plays, acted and had the lead roleA long winded process. I could see in a film comedy ‘All Out At Sea’the Adjutant reacting to my replies that won a coveted ‘Golden Bear’before they were translated back award at the Berlin Film Festival.into Russian. It was typically sly and Terry lives in Beverley, East York-Slavonic. I was eventually informed shire, with his wife Maggie.that all of our paperwork was correct Also written by this author:and that we could progress along ‘Tell it like it wasn’t’ (with Brianthe Berlin Corridor, but not until his ‘Harry’ Clacy)Commanding Officer, a Colonel, had (available on Amazon/Kindle)appeared and given us the final nod. Plays:Whilst we were waiting for their ‘Daughter Daughter’ (with BillColonel to appear, all of the British Jordan) ‘Bernadette – The Visions’Military personnel were counted ‘Off With His Head!’several times over, their ID’s checked ‘The Ring King’and rechecked. We waited impa- ‘The Fuhrer Llives On!’tiently for a further 30 or so minutes ‘It all came out in the Wash’ ‘Forgetuntil another Jeep hove into view Me Not’ ‘Waterhouse Lane’containing the Russian Colonel and ‘Yours Until Death’ (Jack the Rip-his driver.” per) ‘Sup It Up’ Countless Pantomimes Produced and Directed the film – ‘Roundagain’ Appeared in the comedy short – ‘All Out At Sea’ 51
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