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 : , : Methuen Drama, , 2020; London, England : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Disciplina: 792.0233092
• Soggetto topico: Theatrical producers and directors - Great Britain; Biography: arts & entertainment
• 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 Mancheste r 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 narrative takes us through his early years with Century Theatre, with the 69 Theatre Company, and the birth of the Royal Exchange Manchester in the heart of Manchester in 1976. Twenty years later, the theatre rose from the ashes of the IRA bomb brilliantly opening a new production on time just ten days after the bomb had destroyed the city centre. The role and influence of the author's Jewish heritage and of his key collaborators - including Caspar Wrede and Michael Elliott - are explored in this illuminating and inspiring account of one of English theatre's great directors . 'Braham's passion is sometimes overwhelming, sometimes annoying but completely inspirational. It's his passion that the Royal Exchange has thrived on, and this book is full of his passion for the theatre.' Robert Lindsay."--
• 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.: 9910786532003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Biography and Autobiography