The Actor: A Novel

Allen, Cecil

ISBN 10: 1503190641 / ISBN 13: 9781503190641

Editore: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Codice articolo GOR008223092

Riassunto:

A story of love and passion set in a time of war and violence. A story of one man’s struggle to find his place in the world. A story of theatre. A story of life. In 1914 a young Jim Brevin runs away from his middle-class Dublin home and joins a theatrical fit-up company travelling around Cork and Kerry. On the day he becomes an apprentice with the famous Ira Allen’s Company of Irish Players at the Queen’s Theatre he reluctantly gets involved in the 1916 Rising. Jim is mistaken for a British spy, marries a rebel’s sister, discovers fraud and theft in the family business and suffers a horrendous personal tragedy. In time he becomes a celebrated actor and at the moment of his greatest theatrical success he is faced with a stark choice. The Actor is a page turner, full of colourful characters, wit, tragedy, humour, life and theatre. It illustrates how the emerging Irish state impacted on the lives of ordinary people, shaped one man’s dream and closed the Queen’s Theatre. Drawing extensively on the life of the writer/actor Ira Allen, the novel places readers at the centre of the organized chaos and theatrical magic that was melodrama and at the core of a violent changing Ireland.

Informazioni sull'autore: Born in Dublin, Cecil is the grandson of the famous actor and writer Ira Allen. Cecil is a retired college lecturer from the Dublin Institute of Technology who holds a BA from Indiana University and an MFA from the University of Minnesota. He is a former professional actor who performed in many Dublin theatres including the Gate Theatre and the Olympia and has been a broadcaster with RTE for over twenty years. Cecil was the ghost writer of the hugely popular ‘Simply Painting’ book for Oisin Arts. He wrote the eight part TV documentary series Missions in Crisis for RTE. In addition he has written and directed over two hundred video productions for Kairos Communications and James Dillon Productions which have won many national and international awards. He is the father of two sons and lives in Malahide, Co Dublin with his wife Julie.

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Titolo: The Actor: A Novel
Casa editrice: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Data di pubblicazione: 2014
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good