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Michael Praed's Official Websites

This website was created in 2004 once there was no one place to find up-to-date information on Michael Praed's professional appearances and activities or merchandise.  You are presently visiting its fan club subdomain, Michael Praed's Fanfare, which became the official fan club after Michael Praed sanctioned it in July of 2005.

This was Michael's former official fan club which suspended operations in 2003 when its founders became deeply involved in a fledgling business.  Deciding that they didn't have the time to operate the fan club properly, Kate Raymond and Morn Geiger formally retired MPNN in 2005.

An online compendium of Michael Praed's life and work, focusing on recorded visual media. New submissions must be verified before being displayed.

The online encyclopedia written by contributors of varying skill and knowledge gives an overview of Michael Praed's life and work.

This is a great website for following British stage productions  This site has industry news, reviews, archives, and booking resources, complete with venue seating charts.  Handy site to follow Michael Praed's theatrical endeavors.

'Robin of Sherwood' websites

This is the official US website for 'Robin of Sherwood', utilizing the leadership talents of Christine Alexander and webmistress Tirza van Rijn. It features short bios on all the major cast members, contact information for fanzines and fan clubs, various collectable merchandise that were issued, series photographs, an episode guide, a timeline, 'RoS' con recaps, a list of locations filmed for the series, a listing of the contents of the infamous 'RoS' blooper tape, and series trivia.  'Spirit of Sherwood' conventions, called 'Weekend in Sherwood', are held at irregular intervals, offering the opportunity to meet stars of the show.  It's a small convention, so guests get a lot of one-on-one time with the attendees.  Michael Praed was a guest in 1997

'Legend' is the name of the British convention for 'Robin of Sherwood', held annually.  Its predecessor was 'Silver Arrow', the last convention held on the show's 20th anniversary in 2003.  Both typically offer a banquet and performances by people specializing in medieval-inspired activities.  Both also feature coach trips to locations important to the series, either in Robin Hood lore or for filming.  The last 'Silver Arrow' convention was well attended by members of the cast and production team.  Michael Praed was extremely busy, but took time out of his demanding rehearsal schedule to spend a little time with his fans.  

This is all that remains of SciFi.com's website devoted to 'SAJV', which is fine since it is probably the best part of it.  All of the major cast members joined in posting on the bboard and took part in chat, as did the show's creator.  Michael Praed read the forum very thoroughly and posted to the board.  He also joined a chat.  Excerpts of the chats are available on the other 'SAJV' sites.

Integrated website including many of different aspects of 'SAJV'.  The site includes listings of milestone posts to the SciFi Discussion Board, conventions with 'SAJV' guests, games, and listings of Yahoo groups.  It's a fairly good site.  Unfortunately, some web pages were never finished and many links are broken.

Website aimed at fans of 'SAJV', with introductions to the characters, merchandise, fanzines, a backstage look at the revolutionary HDTV filming of the series (first series ever produced exclusively in HDTV), video clips, an episode guide and extras for members only.  Again, some broken links here, but good material.

A hilarious, well-written episode guide with lots of photos is the star of this website.  Also features introductions to the characters, the concept behind the series including information from it's creator Gavin Scott, chat reports, and a multimedia archive. Again, some broken links here, but fantastic material.

When it comes to loyalty, Japanese artist Atsuko O'gawa must reign supreme over anyone except Michael Praed's immediate family.  Atsuko has been known to travel half-way around the world in order to see Michael for a few hours in a play or convention before boarding a jet for the long flight home.  Detailed pen and ink drawings by Atsuko are collectors' items.  Her website is written in Japanese, but is worth the trip simply for the photographs.

This is a wonderful, imaginative, humorous website created by Danaan (Loralee Thompson) who unexpectedly passed away in 2003.  It features many photographs of Michael Praed, most featuring the chest hair mentioned in the title of the site.  Loralee and friends also collected a number of audio sound files of Michael Praed.  Recordings come from television shows, audio internet chats, and movies.  One bonus is a recording of Michael Praed singing 'Love Changes Everything' from 'Aspects of Love'.  Four screensavers are offered, tying photographs of the actor/musician with his own songs.  The material was taken from Michael Praed's privately released album 'For My Friends'. 

This is another site set up by Danaan (Loralee Thompson) for the posting of fanfic (fan fiction) based on characters played by Michael Praed.  Subject and treatment vary, but most are very enjoyable.  Take a look.

Photographs abound of Michael in various roles at various ages.  According to a guest book comment by the actor, Michael Praed used this website as a photographic reference when landing the part of Phileas Fogg in 'The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne'.

Sprechen sie Deutsch?  This is Jutta's German Michael Praed site. If you are having problems with the English on this website or would feel more comfortable reading German, try this site.

Although Irina's lovely 'Robin of Sherwood' site (with this sizable Michael Praed section) is extremely slow for people who use a dial-up connection, her high resolution animations and graphics make it worth the wait.  She has a number of gorgeous photographs, wallpapers, screensavers and sound bytes.  And yes, although most of it is written in Russian, it is easy to follow.

This popular site is the Yahoo mailing list for Michael Praed fans run by Paula (a.k.a. "Meg of Wickham").  Any messages relating to the actor or roles he's played are welcome. Users need to apply for membership.

Becky (a.k.a. "Ephian"), hostess of the uproarious The Two Evil Monks' Guide to 'The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne' acts as moderator for the SAJV Fans Yahoo Group, which has a membership as interesting as their namesake, Jules Verne.  Participants have a wide variety of interests and viewpoints, so lively discussions ensue. Users need to apply for membership.

Karon Hollis runs this is Yahoo mailing list for 'Robin of Sherwood' fans. Any messages relating to the series or allied subjects are welcome. Users need to apply for membership.

Wolfsheads, created by longtime fans Janet Reedman and Dan Rendell, is a forum dedicated to the series 'Robin of Sherwood'.  One may discuss all aspects of the series -- the cast and their other projects -- and any related non-Robin topics such as mythology, folklore, and related film and TV. Users need to apply for membership.

Although the 'Robin of Sherwood' mailing list is primarily a RoS discussion list, fanfic and role-playing (in limited amounts) are accepted.  It is available in regular (members receive each post individually as it is distributed to the list) and digest (members receive so-called "digest" messages containing a series of complete postings from the regular list embedded within it) form.  To subscribe to the regular RoS mailing list, send an email to ros-request@dutepp0.et.tudelft.nl and insert "subscribe" into the message body. To subscribe to the digest RoS mailing list, send an email to  ros-digest-request@dutepp0.et.tudelft.nl and insert "subscribe" into the message body.  

For those who saw Michael Praed as Loxley in 'Robin of Sherwood' and want to know more about Robin Hood, Allen W. Wright's well-researched website on the rhymes, folk stories and ballads which make up the various Robin Hood tales is a wonderful place to start.  Allen explains how and when certain popular aspects of the story were added and why the tale changed over time.  This is an excellent resource for both beginners and longtime fans of the irrepressible outlaw.

The "Roman Mysteries" are a popular sequence of stories written for youngsters by marvelous tale-spinner Caroline Lawrence.   With degrees in classical art, archaeology, Hebrew and Jewish languages, Lawrence taught Latin, French and art at a small London primary school before writing 'The Thieves of Ostia' in 2000.  It was the first in a series of children's adventure stories set in Ancient Rome. The Roman Mysteries combine Caroline's love of art history, ancient languages and travel and she has a true talent for sharing her enthusiasm.  Michael Praed was chosen to narrate the audiobooks in England.

In the first half of 2008 Michael Praed will be playing Milo to Simon MacCorkindale's Andrew in the Bill Kenwright UK tour of 'Sleuth'.  Simon's name should sound familiar.  He's been a regular on 'Casualty' for years and was also in the casts of 'Falcon Crest', 'Manimal', 'Death on the Nile', and 'I, Claudius'. One of his fan sites is helping us gather information about the tour and we're returning the favor.  We hope to do a better job getting fans of both men to the show.  To reacquaint yourself with Simon's long resume, find screen caps and other goodies, try the Simon MacCorkindale Fan Page.  You'll also find the friendly folks of his forum here.

After appearing in five Tony Award-winning Broadway shows in her native America Leigh moved to London.  She won critical acclaim playing the role of Elaine in "Seven Year Itch", Velma Kelly in "Chicago", and the ravishing Ulla in the award-winning West End production of "The Producers". Zimmerman has twice appeared with Michael Praed.  Their first collaboration was on Susan Stroman's innovative "Contact" where Praed had the unusual experience of dancing for a long segment of the piece.  There was an obvious chemistry between the two, and they were paired again later in Carl Djerassi's   "Three on a Couch";, memorable for a sizzling scene with a mango.

US musical star Chuck Wagner ("Into the Woods","Disney's Beauty and the Beast","Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", "Les Miserables", etc) shared the stage with Michael Praed in the ill-fated revival of Ziegfeld's "The Three Musketeers" on Broadway.  He played Athos to Praed's D'Artagnon.  Wagner's website features "The Three Musketeers" photographs and a download of one of the songs, 'All for One'.

Misty is the prolific fantasy author best known for her Valdemar series of novels.  One of her most popular characters is the dazzling Vanyel Ashkevron.  Artist Jody Lee based her Vanyel book covers on Michael Praed's features.  Later, Lackey confirmed the connection by referring to Vanyel as "the spitting image of actor Michael Praed", hence the link.

'Queens Own' is the official fan club for Mercedes Lackey run by Herald-Mage Adept Danya Winterborn.  Many Michael Praed fans are also fans of  Mercedes Lackey and there has been a close connection between Michael's fan club and Queens Own for years.

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Relates the history of the famous Thoroughbred who was recently selected as the 20th Century's best racehorse in the United States. Shows how numerous American champions are descended from Man o' War and how he has affected the modern breed.  Includes race record, pedigrees, lists of champion descendents, information on rivals, and showcases memorabilia in the designer's collection.

Personal website for Celeste Moore, graphic artist and web designer.  The site features artwork, photographs, a 2002 UK trip diary, and reveals special hobbies and interests.