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National Theatre Letters
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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Theater, Ballett
Beschreibung
The perfect gift for any theatre lover
There 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.
Rezensionen
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'
Compulsive reading ... The fascinating result is like eavesdropping on theatrical history ... However, the book transcends gossip to expose the highs and lows of being at the helm of a national institution ... The book provides the best insight since the publication of Peter Hall'
Incredibly accessible, great fun and nostalgic in the very best way. It cannot be recommended highly enough.
A must-read for theatre fans
A uniquely revealing story of life within a great cultural institution.
One of the best books I'
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'
This is a story with guts, great actors, laughter, disaster, and other properties that most books don'
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.
a fascinating treasure trove...It'
Such exchanges will intrigue anyone who has taken a close interest in the landmarks of twentieth century theatre. The book'
<p>Praise for <i>The National Theatre Story</i>:<br>The story of the National Theatre is as packed with drama as anything it has staged</p>
The best book on the performing arts to have been published in years
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.
Vivid and dramatic ... whisks through the personnel and the plays with brio, well-judged illustrations and incisive editing ... revelatory and engrossing
Kundenbewertungen
Irene Worth, Lyttleton, Michael Elliott, State of Revolution, Oscar Lewenstein, Southbank, Frank Loesser, Trevor Nunn, Robert Stephens, Cottesloe, Samuel Beckett, Peter Shaffer, Orson Welles, Robert Bolt, Amadeus, Alec Guinness, Edward Albee, letters, Bogdanov, Harold Pinter, John Russell Brown, Hamlet, Maggie Smith, The Tempest, David Merrick, A Map of the World, Abe Burrows, Guys and Dolls, Sir Max Rayne, John Osborne, The Crucible, Saint Joan, Howard Brenton, The Old Vic, Rex Harrison, Sheila Hancock, Arthur Miller, Ian Holm, Lists of Note, Peter Hall, William Congreve, William Shakespeare, Nicholas Hytner, Richard Eyre, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Christopher Morahan, Felicity Kendal, David Hare, Geoffrey Seaton, Albert Finney, Desmond Heeley, Claire Bloom, Hay Fever, Lord Chandos, Laurence Olivier, Counting the Ways, Edna O’Brien, George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, Phaedra Britannica, Love, Nina, The National Theatre Story, Letters of Note, Mary Whitehouse, George Farquhar, Noël Coward, The National Theatre, National Service: Diary of a Decade at the National Theatre, Alan Bennett, King Lear, Bill Bryden, John Wood, The Recruiting Officer, Keeping On Keeping On, Peggy Ramsay, The Merchant of Venice, Ronnie Barker, The Way of the World, No Man’s Land, Hanif Kureishi, Tony Harrison, Ian McKellen, The Importance of Being Earnest, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, John Gielgud, The Romans in Britain, collection, Joe Swerling, Tom Stoppard, Paul Schrader, Balancing Acts: Behind the Scenes at the National Theatre