Stephen Poliakoff on stage and screen / / Robin Nelson
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| Autore: |
Nelson Robin <1949->
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| Titolo: |
Stephen Poliakoff on stage and screen / / Robin Nelson
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| Pubblicazione: | London, England : , : Methuen Drama, , 2020 |
| London, England : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2020 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (386 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 822.914 |
| Soggetto topico: | Individual film directors, film-makers |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Stephen Poliakoff on stage and screen |
| ISBN: | 1-4081-3109-9 |
| 1-4081-4592-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910790027203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Plays and Playwrights.