... himself capable of writing. But even so his work with Brecht and such great songs from his Broad way days as September Song, Speak Low and My Ship have ensured him an honoured place in theatre as well as mn ...

... the arts, or for that matter to link them with the philosophy of any political party. It is therefore a story not just of speaking out against the iniquities of a ponderous, bureaucratic state, but of Vishnevskaya 's own background in a Leningrad which ...

... hence probably the highlight of a general history of music in 12 volumes, four of which are to be made available to English-speaking readers. It is a credit to Italian scholarship. The art of music is projected here against the background of social his tory ...

... Pavlova and her friends. These add to character studies gleaned from other books, but because they are assembled by one legend speaking to another, there is a feeling of being drawn closely in to wards something that is ultimately inexplicable, drawn by spiritual ...

... recent developments. For example, it makes no mention of rat, the Algerian pop music which is not only vibrant in itself but speaks to Algerian youth in a way unmatched by any other music in the Arab world. There are, too, new musical forms reaching us from ...

... accepted, and of his own struggles to make his way in the world from a disadvantage*! East End background. He had no education to speak of but plenty of the East London er's natural wit and resourcefulness, worming his way into gay artistic circles and being ...

... every one of his films and, as he goes along, revealing many insights into the methods and perso nality of a man who could speak nine languages and read widely but con tinually posed as an illiterate. Peter Hepple Books ...

... And thus it is hardly surprising that, a cen tury after its first production in America, The Pirates of Penzance should speak so directly to the Broadway theatregoer. Peter Hepple Books ...

... a brand of innuendo every bit as distinctive as that of Max Miller, and it is not true to state that they had to dress and speak in an eccentric or grotesque fashion to get away with it, the best male performers did the same, including Miller. -m It is ...

... in 1946 and describing conditions in the bombed town of St Lc in Normandy. Beckett, who fought bravely in the Resistance, speaks of a time-honoured conception of a humanity in ruins, and this book leaves us with the paradox of his courage co-existing ...

... is The Last Boulevardier. The story is perfectly fitting to this. LUCIEN GUITRY His famous father, Lucien Guitry was not to speak to his son for fourteen years, after a quarrel, but lived not only to see him famous as a playwright but also as an actor, ...

... informative and illuminating material. Mr Hayman has one of the greatest virtues of a good interviewer he really lets his subjects speak for themselves and does not needlessly bring in his own opinions. Subjects of these interviews, with some es says, include ...