... career. But the Burns style has been so sharply honed that it has a freshness that is completely absorbing. He writes as he speaks, with wit, clarity and kindliness. Peter Hepple The Social and Religious Plays of Strindberg. By John Ward. (The Athlone Press ...

... seriousness. I remember, in your Hamlet and in your Lear, your searching for truths about man's condition and your wish to speak through your art about one subject only: about humanity no more, no less. That is the subject of this engrossing book; a deeply ...

... Swinging Sixties rock star, disintegrating through drink and Nameless Pain, and ail that entails, or should I say entrails. And speaking of entrails, OLD FLAMES by E. A. Whitehead must set some kind of record in obscene words to the square inch. Also from Faber ...

... long interview concerning Mr. Shaw and his plays, as well as those who played in' them. He was as frank as he usually is. Speaking of Mrs. Patrick Camp bell and the production of Pyg malion, he told her how tho actress did not like her part at all, but ...

... which make Olivier great, and the human smrv the latter accomplished with a com mendable absence of gush and slush. People Speaking; Phoenetic Readings in Current English by 1. Windsor Lewis. (OLIP 1977 £1.90). Both this slim paperback and its companion ...

... supposed 44 Revelation of 1 1 lOiSe u i'm his Characters. Nowhrro in ifi wrjUriJtr Mr. K. Gorrlon T.aw- renco affirms, dnp* he speak f*' ...

... to write a long text explaining just why this celebrated couple are really special in the world of dance, allows them to speak for themselves. For hours they talked into his tape recorder, then he transcribed and edited the result. This section of the ...

... the first time. They are of very uneven quality, but a surprising number of them still 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 ...

... how people spoke, wore their clothes and hair and occasionally drove cars even if they may be a decade or so too young to speak from personal experience. John Moore was one of those unpretentious and therefore suc cessful writers who described pri marily ...

... that the image of the cafe, particularly the Parisian variety, as a powerhouse of creativity is largely a myth. Generally speaking, its use was primarily as a shelter for hard-up and often eccentric artists, whose un profitable custom was often permit ...

... Catling's pleooowtly chatty, vot also wisely inoroliAng volume, the frontifpieoe to which is formed by a fins portrait, a speaking likeness, of tne weik beloved author, taken last autumn. ...

... Frank Tyars, who, like Howe, noted the change that took place in the mur derer s demeanour after (the summer of 1874. A speaking likeness of H. B. Irvinsr serves as frontispiece to this volume. THE NORWICH PLAYERS. An Interesting, well-printed, and ...