Hedli Anderson Hedli Anderson Antoinette Millicent Hedley Anderson (1907–1990) was an English singer and actor. Known as Hedli Anderson, she studied singing in England and Germany before returning to London in 1934. Anderson joined the Group Theatre, and performed in cabaret and in the initial productions of plays by W. H. Auden, Christopher Isherwood and Louis MacNeice. She married MacNeice in 1942; the couple had one daughter. They separated in 1960. Among the composers and lyricists who wrote songs for her were Auden, MacNeice, Benjamin Britten, Elisabeth Lutyens and William Alwyn. Auden's "Funeral Blues" (also known as "Stop all the clocks", later
The Dark Man (poem) The Dark Man (poem) "The Dark Man" is an early poem written by Stephen King when he was in college. It was later published in "Ubris" in 1969. It served as the genesis for the character of Randall Flagg. An edition from Cemetery Dance Publications with illustrations from Glenn Chadbourne was released in July 2013. The poem follows an unnamed 'dark man' who rides the rails observing everything around him. The poem takes a sinister turn when the narrator confesses to rape. Stephen King wrote the poem on the back of a placemat in a college restaurant. According to King,