... hold the stage and screen in French-speaking countries. Though he was no stylist and could be absurdly bombastic, his overpowering imagination, his lively dialogue, wonder ful high spirits and unfailing sense of dramatic construction keep them alive to this ...

... beginning of the present century, and on this account it may claim some historical value. It also reveals Mme Sorel as an actress of the utmost sincerity, who regarded her work as a means of keeping alive the spirit of French classical drama. ?p consideration ...

... actress she mixed with writers and men of the arts as well as people of the theatre. This, in addition to a natural interest in serious things outside the theatre, no doubt helped to enrich her work on the stage. She had luck in her career, from the start ...

... cricket enthusiast John Ariott. This new edition fills me with admiration for the author's tough struggle to keep his book alive when the original publisher fold ed. He persevered through Mail orders! Dennis Castle's determination is rewarded by Bailey ...

... principle, or first principle*. one may commend cordially Uie excellent ooun^l given to the dramatic tyro by Miss Piatt, especially in her fifth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh chan ters -those dealing respectively with the art of writing character istic and telling ...

... and abroad, with which Mr. Catling, after a finst attempt to keep t.he personal note out of account, was finally constrained to deal in mora or less autobiographical fashion, and in seven stages. In the preparation of the book, with tho necessary packing ...

... s and chance brought him into the theatre, where he found his true vocation. \fr. Wilson makes it clcar how devoted to his art Robev became. He was a serious, sober man, yet not melancholy, like some great comedians. Perhaps this was be cause there was ...

... as a structure for any art form, including dance; though equally, it is neces sary to depart from these occasion ally in the name of individuality. Such departures are made intuitively and in the final analysis, any work of art must be an extension of ...

... History of alternative theatre Stages in the Revolution, by Catherine Itzin (Eyre Mcthuen, £9.95, paperback £4.50) CATHERINE ITZIN is probably the only person who could have written this book, for if there is one thing on which alternative theatre is ...

... elements that distinguish the stage picture from an easel painting, we may not find it difficult to create an art of tho stage ranking as a true fine art. The Gaiety Stage Door. Tn her brief introduction to ...

... by gays primarily for gay audiences. For some, this may be regret table not through homophobia, but because it should not be necessary. But, as Alan Sinfield points out in his exhaustive Out On Stage: Lesbian and Gay Theatre in the Twentieth Century (Yale ...

... Hepple BOOKS I may have known the name Harold Pinter for longer than most, because when I first met rny wife, more than 45 years ago, she was inclined to recall her only-just-concluded schooldays and the time she appeared on the same stage as Pinter. She ...