Posted by Peter Evans
on November 18, 2010
I first met Aristotle Onassis at his Paris apartment in January 1968. Thinking of ‘making a book’ about his life, he had written to his friend Jean Paul Getty asking him to recommend a writer. I had recently interviewed Getty for a magazine article, and he had simply returned the letter with my name and [...]
Posted by Peter Evans
on November 05, 2010
Onassis the play is based on the book Nemesis by Peter Evans. Robert Lindsay stars as Onassis. First performed to great acclaim at Chichester’s Minerva Theatre, this explosive new play by Martin Sherman opened in the West End at the Novello Theatre on September 30th 2010. Inspired by the true story of the relationships between [...]
Posted by Peter Evans
on October 19, 2010
DID ARISTOTLE Onassis really conspire in the assassination of Robert Kennedy? It’s the question people keep asking me since Onassis, the new play by Martin Sherman, based on my book Nemesis and starring the brilliant Robert Lindsay, opened in the West End last week. When I tell them that he did, and the proof is in my book (if I had wanted to write [...]