Bernard Shaw Theatrics: Selected Correspondence of Bernard Shaw: 1 - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0802030009 ISBN 13: 9780802030009

Casa editrice: Univ of Toronto Pr, 1995

Riassunto

In his introduction Dan H. Laurence notes that 'theatrics' connotes not only activities of a theatrical character but behaviour that manifests itself as theatricality. All the correspondence selected for this volume - most of it hitherto unpublished - relates to Bernard Shaw's theatre dealings and theatrical interest, at the same time attesting to the 'histrionic instinct' and 'theatrified imagination' (his own phrases) of the man who penned them.

More than one hundred letters are represented, starting from mid-1889, when Shaw had not yet completed his first play and was known instead as a music critic, journalist, socialist organizer, and street orator. The letters reveal a consummate man of the theatre: a dramatist, director, actor, designer, publicist, financial backer, translator, and critic concerned with such varied issues as censorship, theatre politics, prying journalists, and wireless and television performance. The letters are shaded with histrionic tones of assumed anger, irritation, and anguish. The style invariably is colloquial, free-flowing, ebullient - and personal.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Dan H. Laurence was the Literary and Dramatic Advisor to the Estate of Bernard Shaw, 1973-90, and Literary Advisor for The Shaw Festival, Ontario, since 1982.

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'All one need say about Theatrics is that Dan Laurence has brought a depth and breadth of knowledge to the subject that only he could have managed.'

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Univ of Toronto Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0802030009
• ISBN 13: 9780802030009
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 254
• Redattore: Laurence Dan H.
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile