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Description for Stanley
Paperback. A new play about Stanley Spencer, the wayward genius of modern British painting. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 8. Weight in Grams: 116.
A brilliant and painfully truthful portrait of Stanley Spencer, the wayward genius of modern British painting.
Coming from humble origins, Stanley Spencer never lost his 'rough edges', despite being taken up by the smart set. His stubborn championing of ordinary people and local places as suitable subjects for religious painting was revolutionary. His appetite for life was hugely attractive, though his attitude to women in general and his long-suffering wife in particular was deeply selfish: 'Why can't I have two wives if that's what I need?'
Pam Gems' play Stanley was first performed at the National Theatre, London, ... Read more
The play won Best Play at the 1996 Evening Standard Awards, and Best New Play at the 1997 Olivier Awards.
Product Details
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
Number of Pages
86
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854592545
SKU
V9781854592545
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-2
About Pam Gems
Pam Gems (1925–2011) was an English playwright, the author of numerous original plays as well as of adaptations of works by major European playwrights of the past. She is perhaps best known for Stanley, about the painter Stanley Spencer, and her musical play Piaf, about the French singer Edith Piaf.
Reviews for Stanley
'Highly plausible, deeply moving'
Guardian
'Very funny and affecting'
Independent
Guardian
'Very funny and affecting'
Independent