STAGE AND SCREEN LIVES by Billington, Michael ISBN 0198604076
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Theatre critic and presenter, Michael Billington has made a personal selection taken from the 'Dictionary of National Biography' of over 100 mini-biographies spanning a wide spectrum of people who have played some part in shaping the culture of the stage and screen in Britain.
Distinguished theatre critic and presenter Michael Billington has made a personal selection taken from the Dictionary of National Biography of approximately 130 mini-biographies spanning a wide spectrum of people who have played some part in shaping the culture of the worlds of stage and screen in Britain. This title, following on from the success of Brief Lives, which was first published in hardback in 1997 and subsequently in paperback, will be published alongside two other similar titles, Political Lives and Literary Lives. As Michael Billington details in his very entertaining introduction, the choice of entries has been based partly on the subject of the entry and partly on the individual biographer and their own insight into the life of the subject. The biographies include actors, critics, entertainers, directors, and pioneers in film and theatre. From Somerset Maugham to Eric Morecambe, Richard Burton to Noel Coward, and Tony Hancock to Alfred Hitchcock. Examples of entries: Moira Shearer on Frederick Ashton Michael Denison on Noel Coward Elizabeth Pollitt on Gracie Fields Rachael Low on Cary Grant Arthur Marshall on Tony Hancock Alan Bennett on Russell Harty Paul Johnson on Philip Hope-Wallace Ralph Richardson on Alexander Korda Margot Fonteyn on Lydia Lopokova Eric Ambler on James Mason John Gielgud on Margaret Rutherford Barry Took on Kenneth Williams The selected entries, such as those above, together create a highly readable and fascinating anthology, which gives some insight into the broader picture of the world of theatre, film, and TV in Britain as we know it today.
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STAGE AND SCREEN LIVES
[edit] Author
Billington, Michael
[edit] ISBN
0198604076
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22/11/2001
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Oxford University Press
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hardback
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14.99 (GBP)
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