Dramatic Exchanges (eBook)

Letters of the National Theatre

National Theatre Letters (Autor)

Daniel Rosenthal (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
ProFile (Verlag)
978-1-78283-397-0 (ISBN)

Infos

The perfect gift for any theatre loverThere has been always as much drama offstage as on at the National Theatre, and much of it is to be found in the letters, telegrams, scribbled notes and colourful postcards of its main players. - What drove Laurence Olivier to confess: 'The foolishness of my position starts to obsess me'?- Why did Maggie Smith write: 'I am absolutely heartbroken by your decision'?- What prompted Judi Dench to ask: 'Can't you write me a musical so that I can sit on a chair in a fur hat & nothing else and sing RUDE songs?'This book brings together for the first time some of the most inspiring, dramatic and amusing letters from the life of Britain's most beloved theatre: Laurence Olivier's gracious rejection letters, Peter Hall's combative memos, Helen Mirren's impassioned defence of theatrical innovation, fantastical good luck missives and long conspiratorial letters. Together, they reveal the stories behind some of the most lavish, triumphant, daring and disastrous productions in the theatre's history, including Amadeus, Romans in Britain, Laurence Olivier's Othello, Closer, The History Boys and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. A rich collection of correspondence like no other, this book offers a fascinating and celebratory look at the world of theatre and beyond.

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Brilliantly evokes the day-to-day life of a great theatre ... The genius of Rosenthal's book, which is both a revelation and a celebration, is to tell this story in the participants' words ... The presence of rarely heard voices is a great strength of the book ... The life-changing power of letters.

A uniquely revealing story of life within a great cultural institution.

This fascinating tome offers an insider's history of the National Theatre, via some 800 letters exchanged between Artistic Directors, actors, directors, playwrights, politicians, agents, critics and more. From arcane trivia through to vigorous words on the very nature and purpose of drama, it's a theatre geek's must-have.

A gossipy but scholarly selection of memos, letters, postcards and emails from National talents including Olivier, Scofield, Stoppard, Pinter, Dench and Carol Ann Duffy. The theatre could surely get a great show from the book.

Incredibly accessible, great fun and nostalgic in the very best way. It cannot be recommended highly enough.

This is a story with guts, great actors, laughter, disaster, and other properties that most books don't possess

A must-read for theatre fans

The best book on the performing arts to have been published in years

Vivid and dramatic ... whisks through the personnel and the plays with brio, well-judged illustrations and incisive editing ... revelatory and engrossing

One of the best books I've ever been given to review ... The perfect gift for anyone who loves the theatre.

This is a book to dip in and out of, take it at a leisurely pace, and it will keep surprising and informing you for years to come.

Such exchanges will intrigue anyone who has taken a close interest in the landmarks of twentieth century theatre. The book's varied insights are invaluable too ... riveting

a fascinating treasure trove...It's a rare opportunity to sneak behind the curtain and eavesdrop on theatre at the highest level

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.11.2018
• Vorwort: Helen Mirren
• Zusatzinfo: Colour and black and white photos throughout
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Schlagworte: Abe Burrows • Alan Bennett • albert finney • Alec Guinness • Amadeus • A Map of the World • Arthur Miller • Balancing Acts: Behind the Scenes at the National Theatre • bill bryden • Bogdanov • Christopher Morahan • Claire Bloom • Collection • Cottesloe • Counting the Ways • David Hare • David Merrick • Desmond Heeley • Edna O’Brien • Edward Albee • Felicity Kendal • Frank Loesser • Geoffrey Seaton • George Bernard Shaw • george farquhar • Guys and Dolls • Hamlet • Hanif Kureishi • Harold Pinter • Hay fever • Howard Brenton • Ian Holm • Ian McKellen • Irene Worth • Joe Swerling • john gielgud • John Osborne • John Russell Brown • John Wood • Keeping On Keeping On • King Lear • laurence olivier • Letters • Letters of Note • Lists of Note • Lord Chandos • love, nina • lyttleton • Maggie Smith • mary whitehouse • Michael Elliott • Mrs. Warren’s Profession • National Service: Diary of a Decade at the National Theatre • Nicholas Hytner • Noël Coward • No Man’s Land • Orson Welles • Oscar Lewenstein • Oscar Wilde • Paul Schrader • peggy ramsay • Peter Hall • Peter Shaffer • Phaedra Britannica • Rex Harrison • Richard Eyre • Robert Bolt • Robert Stephens • Ronnie Barker • Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead • Saint Joan • Samuel Beckett • Sheila Hancock • Sir Max Rayne • Southbank • State of Revolution • The Crucible • The Importance of Being Earnest • The Merchant of Venice • The National Theatre • The National Theatre Story • the old vic • The Recruiting Officer • The Romans in Britain • The Tempest • the way of the world • Tom Stoppard • Tony Harrison • Trevor Nunn • William Congreve • William Shakespeare
• ISBN-10: 1-78283-397-8 / 1782833978
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78283-397-0 / 9781782833970