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12%OFFRichard Eyre - What Do I Know?: People, Politics and the Arts - 9781848424180 - V9781848424180
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What Do I Know?: People, Politics and the Arts

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Description for What Do I Know?: People, Politics and the Arts Hardback. A personal and strikingly honest look at the people and events that have made their mark on one of UK theatre and film's most successful creative artists. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: ANB; APFB; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.

Since his successful spell running the National Theatre, Richard Eyre’s career as a director of film, theatre and opera has made him a leading cultural figure and a hugely respected commentator on the arts.

This book collects over fifty short pieces written by Eyre about people he has known and worked with, ideas he has struggled with, things that have moved, delighted or infuriated him. He writes with candour, perceptiveness and charm, and always with an eye for the telling anecdote or the revealing detail that betrays the inner life of his subject.

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'Richard Eyre's writing is illuminated by all he has achieved as the consummate director of our age. He is the wise and gentle expert on the human heart.' Ian McEwan

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Product Details

Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848424180
SKU
V9781848424180
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99-10

About Richard Eyre
Richard Eyre is a theatre director, writer and former Artistic Director of the National Theatre (a position he held from 1988 to 1997). He has worked widely in theatre and opera - including in the West End, at the National Theatre and the Royal Opera House, on Broadway and in Aix-en-Provence. His film and television work includes The Ploughman's Lunch, ... Read more

Reviews for What Do I Know?: People, Politics and the Arts
'The best book I have read so far this year... I will be very pleased to come across another book that is as engaging, intelligent, sensitive and beautifully written as this one... Eyre knows pretty much everyone in the world of the theatre, is acutely aware of politics and has a depth and breadth of knowledge and understanding of film, ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for What Do I Know?: People, Politics and the Arts


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