Bright young thing revived.

CHARLES Duff will tomorrow bring to life the figure of Plas Newydd's Honourable Steven Tennant, poet, artist, novelist and aesthete and lover of acclaimed war poet, Siegfrid Sassoon.

During the twenties and thirties, Tennant was a member of the Bright Young Things. His friends included Rex Whistler, who had a strong association with Plas Newydd.

Charles Duff, a nephew of the present Lord Anglesey whose home is Plas Newydd, will perform a monologue, written by Hugo Vickers, based on Tennant's life.

The Immortal Dropout is set in Tennant's bedroom at Wilsford Manor, in Wiltshire.

He weaves the colourful tapestry that was his life, his loves, his work, his friends and above all his search for the existence of beauty within.

Cecil Beaton was one of the first to encourage Tennant's eccentric vocation of doing nothing in life - but doing it with great flamboyance. He couldn't care less what people thought of his finger waves, his Charles James leopard pyjamas, his makeup or his dyed hair dusted with gold.

He rested "non-stop" for 17 years in bed surrounded by his jewellery, drawings and Elvis Presley postcards.

Hugo Vickers is a writer, broadcaster and commentator on the Royal Family. In creating this monologue he draws upon an extensive archive of unpublished material documenting Tennant's relationship and work.

Charles Duff was raised on the Faenol Estate near Bangor. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and was a full-time actor for a decade until he began to teach in the major London drama schools, while still maintaining his professional work.

. The Immortal Dropout, Plas Newydd, Llanfairpwll tomorrow Saturday 5th september at 7.30pm. Tickets pounds 10 01248 714795.