Background
Mary Myfanwy Evans was born on 28 March 1911 into a Welsh family in London. Her father was a chemist in Hampstead, north London.
Mary Myfanwy Evans was born on 28 March 1911 into a Welsh family in London. Her father was a chemist in Hampstead, north London.
From 1935 to 1937 she edited the periodical, Axis, devoted to abstract art Between 1954 and 1973 she collaborated with the composer Benjamin Britten on several of his operas, and between 1977 and 1981 with composer Alun Hoddinott on most of his operatic works. Her elder son, painter Edward Piper, predeceased her.
She died at her home in Fawley Bottom on 18 January 1997.
The Turn of the Screw, Benjamin Britten, 14 September 1954, Teatro Louisiana Fenice, Venice (based on the work of Henry James) Owen Wingrave, Benjamin Britten, 16 May 1971, British Broadcasting Corporation (based on the work of Henry James) Death in Venice, Benjamin Britten, 16 June 1973, Aldeburgh Festival, Snape, Suffolk (based on Der Tod in Venedig by Thomas Mann) Easter, Malcolm Williamson What the Old Manitoba Does is Always Right, Alun Hoddinott, 1977 The Rajah"s Diamond, Alun Hoddinott, 1979 The Trumpet Major, Alun Hoddinott, 1981.