THE PRINCIPAL PLAYER
Throughout the ten-year DATA project, Pete Horobin used several names - Principal Player, Acrobat, Monty Cantsin and Karen Eliot. The Principal Player was the first born and performed many actions – publicly and privately – in Dundee. These actions invariably examined the ordinariness of everyday activities – politics – improvisation and experimentation. Actions were scripted so that anyone could act out the role of the Principal Player. Scripts were sent through the post to correspondents and put up in Willie Frew’s pub on the Hawkhill. There are 3 of the scripts the intro caption refers to.
These were put up on display in Willie Frew's for all to read - or in the case of the top example - scribble over! - in: https://retrodundee.blogspot.com/2011/10/principal-player-early-80s.html
Peter's answer 14.04.2026: "the retro dundee site was made by a man who used to live there – i think the site is complete & will not be added to in the future – i helped by supplying DATA but did not write the texts"
the writer of the blog: Originally from Dundee - moved down South to my castle in the Cotswolds in the mid 80's and now making a living as a Cartoonist. GG