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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789138903321

Autore

Allen Paul <1942->

Titolo

Alan Ayckbourn : grinning at the edge / / Paul Allen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Methuen, , 2020

London, England : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2020

ISBN

1-4081-7467-7

1-4081-1785-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 337 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits

Collana

Biography and Autobiography

Classificazione

18.05

HN 1809

Disciplina

822/.914

Soggetti

Dramatists, English - 20th century

Biography: arts & entertainment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1: Intimate Relations; 2: Enter an Actor; 3: Birth of a Writer; 4: His Own Man; 5: Hitmaker to the World; 6: Staying Put, Moving On; 7: A Mad World; 8: Changing Patterns; 9: Waiting for the Odeon; 10: Still New Places to Go; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This is a full and authorised biography of leading playwright Alan Ayckbourn. Paul Allen attempts to discover what has made Ayckbourn such a successful writer, producer and director.