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9780571224456

Arguments with England : A Memoir

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  • ISBN13:

    9780571224456

  • ISBN10:

    0571224458

  • Format: Trade Book
  • Copyright: 2005-09-01
  • Publisher: Faber & Faber
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Summary

Now recognized as one of today's greatest theater directors and winner of two Tony Awards-and director of this season's most acclaimed play,Democracy, by his frequent collaborator Michael Frayn-Michael Blakemore followed a unique path to success. In this book, he discusses his boyhood in Australia and his start in England as an actor-his life changed by a tour of Titus Andronicus with Laurence Olivier at the height of his powers-and continuing up to his first success as a director withA Day in the Death of Joe Egg. In recounting his early life, Blakemore provides "a pitch-perfect account of dreaming youth, driven, frustrated, and eventually deepened by a realistic love of the theatre" (David Hare).

Author Biography

Michael Blakemore was born in Australia but has worked as an actor and, later, as a director in England since 1950. He lives in London.

Table of Contents

Author's Notep. vii
Illustrationsp. xi
The Beginning and an Endingp. 3
The Promised Landp. 21
Primary Schoolp. 44
North and Southp. 75
Stopping and Startingp. 103
A Door Opensp. 129
And Another Closesp. 161
Almostp. 194
A World Elsewherep. 236
Ladders and Snakesp. 272
Home from Homep. 304
Boats against the Currentp. 338
The End and a Beginningp. 376
Indexp. 394
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