Making an Exhibition of Myself
by Hall, Peter Sir
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1856191656
- ISBN 13
- 9781856191654
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Bromsgrove, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd, 1993 1856191656. First edition. Hardback. First printing. VG/VG. Signed by the author on title page. Otherwise no annotations or inscriptions. DW has some repair on reverse side but is intact and not price-clipped. The autobiography of a railway worker's son who, with dazzling speed, rose to be one of the most powerful, outspoken and charismatic figures in European theatre. This book chronicles how, against the odds, the author achieved his ambition. In his early 20s, he was running London's Arts Theatre, putting on provocative plays, including "Waiting for Godot". Three years later he staged his first opera, and directed Olivier and Ashcroft at Stratford-upon-Avon. Before he was 30 he had created the Royal Shakespeare Company. Few men take such risks or live so fully, and his new book illuminates his complex, intriguing personality. He describes the ups and downs of his controversial professional and private life and shines light on the many artists involved in his productions - among them Dustin Hoffman, Gielgud, Vanessa Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Maggie Smith, Laughton, David Hare, Solti, Beckett, Tennessee Williams and Peter Schaffer. "Compulsive stuff for anyone interested in the subsidised theatre of the last three decades... his insights, off stage as well as on, are still much needed" David Lister, Independent. 'It becomes a classic story, rather like an Arnold Bennett novel, of an outsider who, through talent, energy and doggedness, fights his way to the inside - an unusually honest book' Michael Billington .
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- Bookseller
- David Edward Hellawell (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2218
- Title
- Making an Exhibition of Myself
- Author
- Hall, Peter Sir
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1856191656
- ISBN 13
- 9781856191654
- Publisher
- London: Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd, 1993
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Peter Hall Stratford Theatres Director Godot Royal Shakespeare Company Opera QSE
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