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The Atlantic coast. Somewhere around here, close to the surf line, Greg Gamilton lives. 'Double G' is what he's nicknamed in the country where abbreviations are preferred to titles, and where familiarity, bordering on bad form, isn't considered neither.
In fact, all we know about Greg Gamilton is the name and the approximate location of his residence. The rest is all guesses. People like to fantasize, especially when the nutrient medium for speculations is the rapture at auditoriums. The plays by Greg Gamilton are swiftly conquering the world. Nevertheless, there are still no answers to the numerous questions about the author's identity. The conversation with the 'Eagle' publishing house owner, Mr. Vic Eagle Junior, 'Double G' publisher, didn't reveal to us much.
'Greg Gamilton doesn't give interviews, doesn't appear on TV screens, and doesn't flash through the high life parties and numerous receptions held on various occasions. We aren't aware of any details of his biography, of his age, of his creative plans and his outlook. His interests are represented by agents who, apparently, have been chosen from the deaf-and-dumb. One may think the man with such name doesn't exist, but the plays are running, and someone's got to write them. Greg or another personally, I don't care. I open any play by 'Double G' and communicate with him, because I know that he has put the whole of him into the written otherwise it's impossible to become a dramatist of such a level!'
So, - Vic continues, - the only source of information about the writer is his works and, with a bit of will, we could elicit something from them. For instance, we can assume with a certain probability that he who calls himself Greg Gamilton has been around, and knows the subject of conversation not just by hearsay. However, Shakespeare never went to Italy which didn't prevent him from writing about certain peculiarities of relationship in this country better than any Italian could do.
What else can be added to the aforesaid? In Greg Gamilton's plays you will discover all the sings of a 'cool' dramatic art: betrayals, bloodcurdling rows, victorious trumpets of triumphing lies and righteous retribution as the curtain falls. However, the real 'coolness' is concealed in the depth of the plots, in labyrinth of destinies and relationship between characters. Who knows, maybe that's exactly why the staged plays arouse such comprehension and sincere laughter of the audience. Seems like the very life has decided to laugh at itself, and the framework of 'Double G' 's plots have turned out to be the place most suitable to serve this purpose.

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