Michael GM and Brian P, that is really upsetting. I am astounded that people could walk out on Peter of all people and that he couldn't get bookings. Even if you weren't used to his style, it must have been obvious that he had enormous charisma and something very like genius.
But if you look at Bonzo's posting further down you'll see that quite a few audience members complained that a new production of "Lark Rise" wasn't like the TV series. God bless the British people, who will never willingly embrace quality (who said that? I did.)
Incidentally Les, I cheerfully confess that I thought that song on "Galleries" was Robert Johnson for about six months!