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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 10 books in this booklist
£14.99 paperback (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781783190843 | ISBN 10: 1783190841
‘My only gift is to grow a show,’ said Joan Littlewood, annoyed by what she had not achieved. Even so, her ability to do just that put her and her company, Theatre Workshop, head and shoulders above mid twentieth-century theatre. In the year ... more
View book details£14.99 paperback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9780753555149 | ISBN 10: 075355514x
For the first time ever—a comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth-century’s most innovative creative artists: the incomparable, irreplaceable Jim Henson. He was a gentle dreamer whose genial bearded visage was recognized around the w ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9780099569169 | ISBN 10: 0099569167
A masterclass in media studies from the creator of Grange Hill, Brookside and Hollyoaks. Described in Parliament as 'excellent' by Ed Vaizey, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport GRANGE HILL Swi ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780571254811 | ISBN 10: 0571254810
In 2001, after over a decade in the business, Stewart Lee quit stand-up, disillusioned and drained, and went off to direct a loss-making opera about Jerry Springer. How I Escaped My Certain Fate details his return to live performance, and h ... more
View book details£19.99 hardback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781845115661 | ISBN 10: 184511566x
Philip French has called Alex Cox, 'British Cinema's oldest enfant terrible'; it's a description that its recipient fully approves of. He is a radical, international, independent filmmaker, who is also an insightful commentator on cinema now, and exp ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780007197903 | ISBN 10: 000719790x
World-famous writer Bill Bryson brings us this brilliantly readable biography of our greatest dramatist and poet, William Shakespeare. Examining centuries of myths, half-truths and downright lies, Bill Bryson tries to make sense of the man b ... more
View book details£25.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780713684902 | ISBN 10: 0713684909
The Worst It Can Be is a Disaster is the autobiography of Braham Murray, founding director of the Royal Exchange Manchester which in 2006 celebrated its thirtieth anniversary. Born into a Jewish family, Braham Murray struggled against his pa ... more
View book details£19.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781551522203 | ISBN 10: 1551522209
The history of gay and lesbian cinema is a storied one, and one that became much larger with the recent success of Brokeback Mountain, Capote, and Transamerica. But the history of gay and lesbian filmmakers is its own story. In The View from Here, qu ... more
View book details£14.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780571234769 | ISBN 10: 0571234763
Michael Billington's engrossing biography takes Harold Pinter from his Hackney childhood to his current eminence. This new edition includes a full transcript of the Nobel lecture, as well as an additional chapter and accompanying photographs covering ... more
View book details£22.00 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780859897600 | ISBN 10: 0859897605
This book is the first in-depth study of Theatre Workshop, perhaps Britain's most influential twentieth-century theatre company. The book sets the company's aims and achievements in their social, political and theatrical contexts, and explores the el ... more
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