03488nam 2200601 450 991081044010332120201023111955.01-4081-3109-91-4081-4592-810.5040/9781408166703(CKB)2670000000153383(EBL)833611(OCoLC)779827172(SSID)ssj0000624532(PQKBManifestationID)11359439(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000624532(PQKBWorkID)10585670(PQKB)11548082(MiAaPQ)EBC833611(MiAaPQ)EBC6158634(OCoLC)1201426715(CaBNVSL)mat08166703(CaBNVSL)9781408166703(EXLCZ)99267000000015338320201023d2020 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrStephen Poliakoff on stage and screen /Robin NelsonLondon, England :Methuen Drama,2020.London, England :Bloomsbury Publishing,20201 online resource (386 p.)Plays and PlaywrightsDescription based upon print version of record.1-4081-3108-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Poliakoff: A Life on Stage and Screen; 2 A Second Starburst: TV Mini-series 1999-2007; Shooting the Past; Perfect Strangers; The Lost Prince; Friends and Crocodiles; Gideon's Daughter; 3 Developing a Dramaturgy: Finding a Framework for Critical Review; 4 'Meteoric Rise' (1970s): Urban Youth on Stage and Screen; Hitting Town; City Sugar; Shout Across the River; Bloody Kids; The Tribe; 5 Issue Pieces; Strawberry Fields; Stronger than the Sun; Close My Eyes; Century; Blinded by the Sun; 6 Quirky Strong Women.Coming in to LandShe's Been Away; Caught on a Train; Capturing Mary; 7 Histories/Memories; Clever Soldiers; Breaking the Silence; Talk of the City; Remember This; Joe's Palace; 8 Medium Boundaries: Feature Films and Films for Television; Soft Targets; Runners; Hidden City; Food of Love; Glorious 39; 9 The 'Poliakovian' Reviewed; Appendix A: The Works of Stephen Poliakoff; Appendix B: Theatre Plays -- Venues and Casts of First Productions; References; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.During a career that has spanned four decades Stephen Poliakoff has established himself as a unique talent, a fine stage dramatist and auteur. His work as writer and director has seen him hailed as ''our most poetic and best TV dramatist'' while in the US his television dramas have received critical acclaim, The Lost Prince winning three Emmy Awards and Gideon''s Daughter two Golden Globes. This comprehensive study of Poliakoff''s work for stage and screen - the first of its kind - will prove an invaluable companion to students of film, media and theatre studies. Professor Nelson locates.Plays and Playwrights.Individual film directors, film-makersbicsscIndividual film directors, film-makers822.914Nelson Robin1949-1176929E7BCaBNVSLCaBNVSLBOOK9910810440103321Stephen Poliakoff on stage and screen4084623UNINA