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Synopsis
Michael Billington, having carefully chosen a selection from the DNB of approximately 100 biographies on a variety of prominent figures in theatre and film, has created a lively and enjoyable anthology, giving an insight into the changing face of the worlds of stage and screen in Britain during the twentieth century.
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About the Author
Michael Billington has been Drama Critic for the Guardian since 1971 and of Country Life since 1987. In 1974 he won the IPC Critic of the Year award and in 1993, 1995, and 1997 was voted Critic of the Year by readers of Theatre Record. He broadcasts regularly on radio and television arts programmes including Night Waves and Front Row and has written and presented TV documentaries on Peter Hall, Peggy Ashcroft, and Alan Ayckbourn. He frequently lectures abroad for the British Council, teaches theatre courses in London to students from the University of Pennsylvania and Boston University and is the author of several books.
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Review from previous edition REVIEWS FROM BRIEF LIVES
`They fill you with wonder'
The Express, 11.12.99
`This collection is designed to entertain as well as to inform and reminds one of Noel Coward's film, Cavalcade: we sit down, turn the pages, and watch the British twentieth century roll by before us'
Contemporary Review, 05.06.98
`immensely enjoyable'
Plays International 01/12/01
`The books are handsome, well laid out and should be poular; good Christmas presents.'
The Scotsman, 02/12/01
`Michael Billington has pulled together a splendid collection of actors, managers, playwrights, dancers, choreographers and all-round oddballs'
Times Literary Supplement
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0198604076
- ISBN 13 9780198604075
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages379
- EditorBillington Michael
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