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Joan Littlewood : dreams and realities : the official biography / Peter Rankin.
Van Pelt Library PN2598.L577 R36 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rankin, Peter, 1947- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Littlewood, Joan.
- Theatrical producers and directors.
- Theatrical producers and directors--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 270 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Oberon, 2014.
- Summary:
- As a teenager, Peter Rankin skipped games to watch rehearsals of Joan Littlewood's Edinburgh Festival production of Henry IV. On leaving school, he assisted her both at Stratford East and in Paris. Her last production was his first play, So You Want to be in Pictures. For 21 years, he worked alongside the writer/director Ken Hill, one of Joan's 'children' and together, they came up with a series of action/adventure shows, the best known being The Original Phantom of the Opera and The Invisible Man. During that time, Joan came to live in Peter's flat where they worked on two books together, Milady Vine, the biography of the winemaker, Philippe de Rothschild, and Joan's Book, her autobiography. Peter has also worked on the autobiographies of Victor Spinetti and the film director, Lewis Gilbert. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 A Spark 6
- Chapter 2 The Spark Catches Fire 13
- Chapter 3 Time to Get Out 20
- Chapter 4 A Breath of Fresh Air 28
- Chapter 5 Out of the Ashes 36
- Chapter 6 Trouble 43
- Chapter 7 Theatre Workshop Sets Off 55
- Chapter 8 But How to Keep Going? 61
- Chapter 9 A Home For a While 69
- Chapter 10 Germany Shows Up the Cracks 73
- Chapter 11 Out and About in Europe 80
- Chapter 12 Keeping the Home Fires Burning 87
- Chapter 13 Coming in to Land 96
- Chapter 14 A Base at Last 103
- Chapter 15 End Of/Beginning of an Era? 113
- Chapter 16 To Russia, to Berlin, to Court 121
- Chapter 17 Shelagh 127
- Chapter 18 Success, for What It's Worth 132
- Chapter 19 An Old Dream Revived, Or Just Buggering About? 138
- Chapter 20 Oh What a Lovely War 145
- Chapter 21 An Invitation to Edinburgh 153
- Chapter 22 Tunis and Twang 161
- Chapter 23 Tunis Part Two, India Part One 171
- Chapter 24 The Fun Palace Comes to Stratford East 173
- Chapter 25 The Summer of '67 177
- Chapter 26 A Throwaway Becomes A Hit 184
- Chapter 27 Joan Looks Back 192
- Chapter 28 The Nutters Make a Film 197
- Chapter 29 Reacting To The Times: Ronan Point, Bubble City & India Part Two 200
- Chapter 30 Barrault? The Theatre National Populaire? + Power Cuts 206
- Chapter 31 Murderous Angels 213
- Chapter 32 Redevelopment 250
- Chapter 33 Keeping Busy 255.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-262) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1783190841
- 9781783190843
- OCLC:
- 894538267
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