Stage Blood - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Stage Blood write by Michael Blakemore. This book was released on 2013-11-07. Stage Blood available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 1971, Michael Blakemore joined the National Theatre as Associate Director under Laurence Olivier. The National, still based at the Old Vic, was at a moment of transition awaiting the move to its vast new home on the South Bank. Relying on generous subsidy, it would need an extensive network of supporters in high places. Olivier, a scrupulous and brilliant autocrat from a previous generation, was not the man to deal with these political ramifications. His tenure began to unravel and, behind his back, Peter Hall was appointed to replace him in 1973. As in other aspects of British life, the ethos of public service, which Olivier espoused, was in retreat. Having staged eight productions for the National, Blakemore found himself increasingly uncomfortable under Hall's regime. Stage Blood is the candid and at times painfully funny story of the events that led to his dramatic exit in 1976. He recalls the theatrical triumphs and flops, his volatile relationship with Olivier including directing him in Long Day's Journey into Night, the extravagant dinners in Hall's Barbican flat with Harold Pinter, Jonathan Miller and the other associates, the opening of the new building, and Blakemore's brave and misrepresented decision to speak out. He would not return to the National for fifteen years.
Blood on the Stage, 1975-2000
Blood on the Stage, 1975-2000 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Blood on the Stage, 1975-2000 write by Amnon Kabatchnik. This book was released on 2012-10-18. Blood on the Stage, 1975-2000 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Discussing more than 80 full-length plays, this volume provides an overview of the most important and memorable theatrical works of crime and detection produced between 1975 and 2000. Each entry includes a plot synopsis, production data, and the opinions of well-known and respected critics and scholars.
Blood on the Stage, 1925-1950
Blood on the Stage, 1925-1950 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Blood on the Stage, 1925-1950 write by Amnon Kabatchnik. This book was released on 2010. Blood on the Stage, 1925-1950 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this volume, Amnon Kabatchnik provides an overview of more than 150 important and memorable theatrical works of crime and detection between 1925 and 1950. Each entry includes a plot synopsis, production data, and the opinions of well known and respected critics and scholars.
Blood on the Stage
Blood on the Stage - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Blood on the Stage write by Amnon Kabatchnik. This book was released on 2008. Blood on the Stage available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Acts of crime and criminal minds have always fascinated the world's authors. During 1900-1925, world stages were full of plays in which transgression and lawbreaking were the common denominators. In Blood on the Stage: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection, An Annotated Repertoire, 1900 - 1925, Amnon Kabatchnik examines the key representations of transgression drama produced in the 20th century's first quarter. This volume covers 80 plays written and produced between 1900-1925 that had at least one public performance in the English language, with an emphasis on New York and London performances. Each of the entries revolves around murder, theft, chicanery, kidnapping, political intrigue, or espionage. Works by Nobel Prize winners Jacinto Benavente, John Galsworthy, and Eugene O'Neill are examined, along with plays by David Belasco, Earl Derr Biggers, George M. Cohan, Arthur Conan Doyle, Elmer Rice, and Mary Roberts Rinehart. The volume includes standards of the genre such as The Bat, The Cat and the Canary, The Last of Mrs. Cheney, Madame X, and The Scarlet Pimpernel. The emphasis is on manuscripts of enduring importance, pioneering contributions, singular innovations, outstanding success, and representative works by prolific playwrights in the genre. The entries are arranged in chronological order, each consisting of plot summary (often including significant dialogue), production and performance data, opinions by critics and scholars, and other features.
Blood on the Stage, 1950-1975
Blood on the Stage, 1950-1975 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Blood on the Stage, 1950-1975 write by Amnon Kabatchnik. This book was released on 2011-04-14. Blood on the Stage, 1950-1975 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Discussing more than 120 full-length plays, this volume provides an overview of the most important and memorable theatrical works of crime and detection produced between 1950 and 1975.
