The worst it can be is a disaster : the life story of Braham Murray and the Royal Exchange Theatre / / Braham Murray

• Autore: Murray Braham
• Pubblicazione: London, England : , : Bloomsbury, , [2007]; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Disciplina: 792.0233092
• Soggetto topico: Theatrical producers and directors - Great Britain
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Derek Destiny; 2 The (Un)Happiest Days of Your Life; 3 The Best School of All; 4 Chutzpah; 5 A Lunatic at Oxford; 6 Hang Down Your Head and Die; 7 ''You''re Such a Talented Young Man''; 8 New York; 9 A Thing with Music; 10 Three Strikes and You''re Out; 11 Century Theatre; 12 A ''Secret''; 13 Artistic Director; 14 The First Link; 15 How the Group Came into Being; 16 First Meetings at Last; 17 ''I Am a Jew''; 18 Accepted; 19 The Last Century; 20 The New Group; 21 Filling in Time; 22 Edinburgh and Nuptials 1968 ; 23 She Stoops to Conquer: The Tug of War Starts24 Armund Hohningstadt; 25 The First Two Musicals; 26 The Beginning of a Long Run; 27 The Last Show at the University Theatre; 28 Higgledy-piggledy; 29 The Tent; 30 The Conception and Pregnancy of the Royal Exchange; 31 Not Such Good Companions; 32 The Black Mikado; 33 Two Lives; 34 1976 - Setting Things Up; 35 The Theatre''s Opening; 36 Success; 37 Fire Engine; 38 Leaping Back; 39 Between Two Worlds; 40 The Group Evolves; 41 Enter Robert Lindsay; 42 Behind the Iron Curtain; 43 The Three Musketeers; 44 On Stage Again; 45 International Success ; 46 Another Surprise47 Staying in the Group; 48 A Strange Year; 49 The Last Chance Saloon and Finally a Proper Director; 50 Andy Capp; 51 The Child Grows Up a Bit; 52 At Last - And Big Changes; 53 Enter David Threlfall; 54 The Tenth Anniversary Season; 55 The Scottish Play; 56 1989-90; 57 All Change; 58 Rough Weather; 59 Coup de Foudre; 60 Meanwhile; 61 The Count; 62 Crisis Again; 63 Back in New York; 64 Back to England; 65 It Depends What You Call Better; 66 The Royal Exchange, Mark II; 67 Resurrections; 68 Au Revoir; 69 The Reopening; 70 First Year Back; 71 First Ibsen; 72 Houston ; 73 Catching Up74 Absolutely Bats; 75 New Work, More Tensions; 76 Upheavals; 77 Twenty-fifth Anniversary; 78 A Last Upheaval (So Far); 79 Appraisal; 80 More Brad; 81 The Home Team Play; 82 Coming Together; 83 The Serpent of Old Nile; 84 Uncle Max; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: The Worst It Can Be is a Disaster is the autobiography of Braham Murray, founding director of the Royal Exchange Manchester which in 2006 celebrated its thirtieth anniversary. With a foreword by Sir Tom Courtenay. Born into a Jewish family, Braham Murray struggled against his parents'' expectations that he should follow them into the world of commerce; instead he became at twenty-two the youngest artistic director in the country when he took over Century Theatre, a theatre company based in Manchester. Detailing his relationships and the theatrical successes and flops along the way, the n
• Titolo autorizzato: The worst it can be is a disaster
• ISBN: 1-4081-4786-6; 1-4081-4785-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464858703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Biography and Autobiography