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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
208
Utgivningsdatum
2021-10-07
Upplaga
2 ed
Förlag
Methuen Drama
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35 bw illus
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1
ISBN
9781350254305

Speak Well of Me

The Authorised Biography of Sir Ronald Harwood

av W Sydney Robinson
Häftad,  Engelska, 2021-10-07
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Sir Ronald Harwood (1934-2020) was one of the most prolific playwrights and screenwriters of his generation. His acclaimed play, The Dresser, has been constantly revived since its premiere in 1980 and has been adapted for both cinema and television, most recently the 2015 BBC production starring Sir Anthony Hopkins and Sir Ian McKellen. Harwood's other notable film adaptations included Roman Polanski's haunting depiction of life in the Warsaw Ghetto, The Pianist (2002), Baz Luhrmann's frontier epic, Australia (2008), and Dustin Hoffman's poignant celebration of old age, Quartet (2012). His many awards included an Oscar for The Pianist and a BAFTA for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007). Speak Well of Me turns the focus onto Harwood himself. Based on extensive interviews with the playwright during his final years, the biography recounts Harwood's gradual transformation from lacklustre South African schoolboy to doyen of theatreland and Hollywood. While dissecting each of his major works, the book candidly explores Harwood's friendships with the likes of Harold Pinter, J. B. Priestley, Andre Previn, Sir Donald Wolfit (who inspired The Dresser) and, most controversially, Roman Polanski. The result is a biography as gripping and morally complex as one of Harwood's own dramas. This new paperback edition includes memoirs and assessments of Harwood by Gyles Brandreth, Sir Tom Courtenay, Lady Antonia Fraser, Frederic Raphael, Sir Antony Sher and the playwright's oldest friend, Gerald Masters.
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Ronald Harwood is a highly intelligent dramatist who handles important themes with a powerful theatrical skill. Furthermore he possesses an ability to tell stories, by which I mean his sense of narrative binds his skills to produce a compelling stage battle. I envy his abilities. * Arnold Wesker *

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W. Sydney Robinson is the author of Muckraker: The Scandalous Life and Times of W. T. Stead, Britain's First Investigative Journalist (2012), which was awarded the 'Political Biography of the Year' prize at the 2013 Total Politics Book Awards. He has also written The Last Victorians: A Daring Reassessment of Four Twentieth Century Eccentrics (2014) and Historic Affairs: The Muses of Sir Arthur Bryant (2021).

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Introduction Prologue Act One: WALKING THE BOARDS 1.) A Man from the Colonies 2.) Uncle Lionel 3.) 'Clean My Boots!' Act Two: A STAR IS BORN 4.) Early Magic 5.) 'Mine for the Asking' Act Three: BEYOND OLYMPIA 6.) Show Business 7.) Man of Letters INTERVAL 8.) The Good Companion Act Four: SARTOR RESARTUS: The Tailor Retailored 9.) The Dresser 10.) With the Greats Act Five: AUTUMN TRIUMPH 11.) The Pianist 12.) Arise, Sir Ronald CURTAIN CALL 13.) At Home Acknowledgements Major Works By Ronald Harwood Endnotes Index

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