The Oxford Book Of Theatrical Anecdotes

Binding: Paperback
Description: 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.
Title: The Oxford Book Of Theatrical Anecdotes
Author(s): Brandreth Gyles
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198749592
Pages: 832 Pages
Publication Date: 1/13/2023
Category: Collected Biographies