Dramatic exchanges : the lives & letters of the National Theatre /
by Rosenthal, Daniel; National Theatre (Great Britain,).
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BookPublisher: London : Profile Books, 2018Description: xiii, 401 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781781259351 (hbk.) :; 1781259356 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 792.0941 ROSSubject(s): National Theatre (Great Britain) | Performing Arts | Performing ArtsSummary: 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. This book brings together for the first time eight hundred of the most inspiring, dramatic and amusing letters from the life of Britain's most beloved theatre: from Laurence Olivier's gracious rejection letters to Peter Hall's combative memos; from Helen Mirren's impassioned defence of theatrical innovation to a Tory politician's brutal telegram damning a play; from fantastical good luck missives to long conspiratorial letters.
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| 792.0293 FOR A practical guide to working in theatre | 792.092 SLI Get me the urgent biscuits : an assistant's adventures in Theatreland / | 792.0941 HYT Balancing acts : | 792.0941 ROS Dramatic exchanges : | 792.0942 ROS The National Theatre story | 792.2809 FEL Beyond the wand : the magic and mayhem of growing up a wizard / | 792.503 ILL The illustrated encyclopedia of opera |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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. This book brings together for the first time eight hundred of the most inspiring, dramatic and amusing letters from the life of Britain's most beloved theatre: from Laurence Olivier's gracious rejection letters to Peter Hall's combative memos; from Helen Mirren's impassioned defence of theatrical innovation to a Tory politician's brutal telegram damning a play; from fantastical good luck missives to long conspiratorial letters.
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