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Front Row: Evenings at the Theatre »
Authors: Beryl Bainbridge
ISBN-13: 9780826487872, ISBN-10: 0826487874
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group
Date Published: December 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Beryl Bainbridge
Book Synopsis
This collection presents approximately 80 theater reviews by British novelist Beryl Bainbridge from the magazine The Oldie from 1992 to 2002. She relates her experiences as a former actress in the introduction and follows with reviews of The Wind in the Willows, Henry IV, Part II, Medea, Sunset Boulevard, Oliver!, The Glass Menagerie, Romeo and Juliet, Peter Pan, Cinderella, The Accused, Lulu, and The Three Sisters, among others. The reviews contain sketches and thoughts on actors such as Alan Rickman, Alan Bennett, Ronald Harwood, Judith Chalmers, and Billie Whitelaw. There is no index or bibliography. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Table of Contents
| The wind in the willows | 11 | |
| Faith healer | 13 | |
| Henry IV, part II | 16 | |
| An awfully big adventure | 19 | |
| The blue angel | 21 | |
| The woman in black | 24 | |
| Deja vu | 27 | |
| Improvizafond | 30 | |
| It runs in the family | 33 | |
| Medea | 37 | |
| Sunset Boulevard | 39 | |
| Wallenstein | 41 | |
| Separate tables | 43 | |
| Hysteria | 46 | |
| Mr. Director | 48 | |
| Looking through a glass onion | 50 | |
| She stoops to conquer | 52 | |
| Macbeth | 57 | |
| Unfinished business | 59 | |
| The government inspector | 61 | |
| Me and Mamie O'Rourke | 63 | |
| King Lear | 65 | |
| Les Miserables | 67 | |
| Jack, a night on the town with John Barrymore | 69 | |
| Home | 71 | |
| A busy day | 73 | |
| Don't dress for dinner | 75 | |
| Oliver! | 79 | |
| New England | 81 | |
| Three tall women/dangerous corner | 83 | |
| My night with Reg | 85 | |
| Absolute hell | 87 | |
| Hot mikado | 90 | |
| Communicating doors | 92 | |
| Taking sides | 94 | |
| Hobson's choice/King Lear | 96 | |
| When the lights go on again | 101 | |
| The glass menagerie | 103 | |
| Confusions | 105 | |
| Cat and mouse (sheep) | 107 | |
| Jolson | 109 | |
| Passion | 111 | |
| Romeo and Juliet | 113 | |
| Two gentlemen of Verona | 115 | |
| Art | 117 | |
| Joey and Gina's wedding | 121 | |
| Peter Pan | 123 | |
| Henry IV | 125 | |
| The school for wives | 127 | |
| Tom & Clem | 129 | |
| Life support | 131 | |
| The herbal bed | 133 | |
| Lecture on the Crimean War | 135 | |
| A letter of resignation | 139 | |
| An enemy of the people | 141 | |
| Things we do for love | 143 | |
| Oh! What a lovely war | 145 | |
| Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick | 147 | |
| Vassa | 151 | |
| Good | 153 | |
| The gin game | 155 | |
| Cinderella | 159 | |
| The family reunion | 161 | |
| Baby doll | 163 | |
| The mystery of Charles Dickens | 165 | |
| Copenhagen | 167 | |
| Notre-Dame de Paris | 170 | |
| Fallen angels | 175 | |
| The accused | 177 | |
| Under the doctor | 179 | |
| Lulu | 181 | |
| A midsummer night's dream | 183 | |
| Nixon's Nixon | 185 | |
| Caught in the net | 187 | |
| Antarctica | 189 | |
| Over the top | 191 | |
| Brood brothers | 197 | |
| The three sisters | 199 | |
| The syringa tree | 201 | |
| Daisy pulls it off | 203 | |
| Lady Windermere's fan | 205 | |
| Bombay dreams | 207 | |
| Sleuth | 209 | |
| Dr. Johnson and Mrs. Thrale | 211 | |
| Afterplay | 213 |
Subjects
Entertainment
Theater Theater - General & Miscellaneous
Entertainment Theater Theater - Reference
Nonfiction Entertainment Theater
Theater Theater - General & MiscellaneousEntertainment
Theater Theater - ReferenceNonfiction
Entertainment Theater