The Oxford Book of Theatrical Anecdotes

This is the ultimate anthology of theatrical anecdotes, edited by lifelong theatre-lover Gyles Brandreth in the Oxford...
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Author: Gyles Brandreth
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Language: English
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The Oxford Book of Theatrical Anecdotes by Brandreth, Gyles

The Oxford Book of Theatrical Anecdotes

CHF 27.14

The Oxford Book of Theatrical Anecdotes

CHF 27.14
Author: Gyles Brandreth
Format: Paperback
Language: English
This is the ultimate anthology of theatrical anecdotes, edited by lifelong theatre-lover Gyles Brandreth in the Oxford tradition, and covering every kind of theatrical story and experience from the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe to the age of Stoppard and Mamet, from Richard Burbage to Richard Briers, from Nell Gwynn to Daniel Day-Lewis, from Sarah Bernhardt to Judi Dench.

Players, playwrights, prompters, producers--they all feature. The Oxford Book of Theatrical Anecdotes provides a comprehensive, revealing, and hugely entertaining portrait of the world of theatre across four hundred years.

Many of the anecdotes are humorous: all have something pertinent and illuminating to say about an aspect of theatrical life--whether it is the art of playwriting, the craft of covering up missed cues, the drama of the First Night, the nightmare of touring, or the secret ingredients of star quality.

Edmund Kean, Henry Irving, John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier, Ellen Terry, Edith Evans, Maggie Smith, Helen Mirren--the great 'names' are all here, of course, but there are tales of the unexpected, too--and the unknown. This is a book--presented in five acts, with a suitably anecdotal and personal prologue from Gyles Brandreth--where, once in a while, the understudy takes centre-stage and Gyles Brandreth treats triumph and disaster just the same, including stories from the tattiest touring companies as well as from Broadway, the West End and theatres, large and small, in Australia, India, and across Europe.


Author: Gyles Brandreth
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 01/13/2023
Pages: 832
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.96lbs
Size: 7.73h x 5.13w x 1.67d
ISBN: 9780198749592

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