This is the ultimate anthology of theatrical anecdotes, edited by
lifelong theatre-lover Gyles Brandreth in the Oxford tradition, and
covering every kind of theatrical story and experience from the age
of Shakespeare and Marlowe to the age of Stoppard and Mamet, from
Richard Burbage to Richard Briers, from Nell Gwynn to Daniel
Day-Lewis, from Sarah Bernhardt to Judi Dench. Players,
playwrights, prompters, producers-they all feature. The Oxford Book
of Theatrical Anecdotes provides a comprehensive, revealing, and
hugely entertaining portrait of the world of theatre across four
hundred years. Many of the anecdotes are humorous: all have
something pertinent and illuminating to say about an aspect of
theatrical life-whether it is the art of playwriting, the craft of
covering up missed cues, the drama of the First Night, the
nightmare of touring, or the secret ingredients of star quality.
Edmund Kean, Henry Irving, John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier, Ellen
Terry, Edith Evans, Maggie Smith, Helen Mirren-the great 'names'
are all here, of course, but there are tales of the unexpected,
too-and the unknown. This is a book-presented in five acts, with a
suitably anecdotal and personal prologue from Gyles
Brandreth-where, once in a while, the understudy takes centre-stage
and Gyles Brandreth treats triumph and disaster just the same,
including stories from the tattiest touring companies as well as
from Broadway, the West End and theatres, large and small, in
Australia, India, and across Europe.
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