LEADER 00000cam a2200853Ki 4500 001 ocn879202862 003 OCoLC 005 20160527040506.3 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 140505s2006 enkaf o 000 0 eng d 019 607626340|a607821377|a880456839|a893336501 020 9781408147276|q(electronic book) 020 1408147270|q(electronic book) 020 |z9780413775856 020 |z0413775852 020 |z9781408147283 035 (OCoLC)879202862|z(OCoLC)607626340|z(OCoLC)607821377 |z(OCoLC)880456839|z(OCoLC)893336501 040 N$T|beng|erda|epn|cN$T|dOCLCE|dOCLCO|dOCLCF|dYDXCP|dOCLCO |dE7B|dEBLCP 042 dlr 043 e-uk-en 049 RIDW 050 4 PN2596.L7|bC234 2006eb 072 7 PER|x011000|2bisacsh 082 04 792.094210904|222 090 PN2596.L7|bC234 2006eb 100 1 Dewhurst, Keith,|d1931-|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ names/n81020139 245 10 Impossible plays :|badventures with the Cottesloe Company /|cKeith Dewhurst and Jack Shepherd. 264 1 London :|bMethuen Drama,|c2006. 300 1 online resource (xviii, 235 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) :|billustrations. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 490 1 Plays and Playwrights 505 0 Cover; Contents; Foreword: Impossible Plays; Introduction: A Theatrical Ideal; PART ONE: AT THE ROYAL COURT; 1. The French Connection; 2. A Royal Court Actor; The Royal Court Studio; A word on the acting; Transforming the space; 3. Bill Bryden; The Greenock dreamer; The Journey of the Fifth Horse; A vision of the future; 4. Pirate Black; Staging Pirates; The actors; 5. Victor Henry: The Company Member Who Never was; 6. The Baby Elephant; 7. Corruna!; Writing for a company; Why 'Impossible'?; The flower path; The alienation effect; Corruna! on tour; The mysteries of the wrestlers' hotel 505 8 A Corruna! summary8. The Royal Court: Publicity and Personalities; Tony Richardson: 'Can No One Clear the Peacock Shit off this Terrace?'; PART TWO: SCOTLAND; 9. Willie Rough; 10. The Misanthrope; 11. Life at the Lyceum; The acting company; Kidnapped; The integrity of the space; The Miser; 12. The Magic Island; PART THREE: THE NATIONAL THEATRE; 13. The Early Days of the NT; Watch It Come Down; Social life; Il Campiello; 14. Medieval Mysteries; The Passion; Seeing The Passion; Impact; Judas; The poet's revenge; The Crucifixion play; 15. Lark Rise; Luggage; Lark Rise; Writing Lark Rise 505 8 Casting 'Mrs Timms'Rehearsing Lark Rise; Lessons of Lark Rise; 16. American Buffalo; Two questions to ponder; Playing American Buffalo; Dave King; 17. The World Turned; Civil war, mutinies and strikes; The epic challenge of the brambles; 18. Dispatches; 19. Opportunities and Dilemmas; The Long Riders; Candleford; Plans and a dilemma; Summer manoeuvres; 20. The O'Neill Season; The Sea Plays; Hughie and Stacey; The Iceman Cometh; The demon drink; J. G. Devlin; Derek Newark; 21. Extending the Cycle; Creation; A popular success; The outdoor performances; Sixty crop pruners; Men without women 505 8 Brian Glover22. Choices and Changes; Crazy Horse; Bill's choice; Cologne and Rome; Enforced changes; 23. Endings; Don Quixote; A difficult stage; Departure; A threat to family life; 24. A Midsummer Night's Dream; Playing the Dream; Mechanicals and Princess Margaret; A flashback; 25. Glengarry Glen Ross; 26. Cinderella; 27. The Boxing; 28. Doomsday; Following the score; Rehearsal strategies; A furious row; 'Death' takes the stage; PART FOUR: REPUTATIONS; 28. The Wrap-up; 29. Reputations; 30. Something Happier; Epilogue: What's the Score?; A Glossary of Terms; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; L; M; N 505 8 OP; R; S; T; V; W; Acknowledgements 506 |3Use copy|fRestrictions unspecified|2star|5MiAaHDL 520 8 This is the story of the Cottesloe Company of actors, operating from the National Theatre, told by two of its leading members. It includes accounts of all the major productions including 'The Mysteries' and 'Larkrise to Candleford'. 533 Electronic reproduction.|b[S.l.] :|cHathiTrust Digital Library,|d2010.|5MiAaHDL 538 Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. 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