Buzz Buzz! Playwrights, Actors and Directors at the National Theatre
- ISBN-10
- 1408105195
- ISBN-13
- 9781408105191
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 240
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-01-05
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Author
- Jonathan Croall
Description
Containing over a hundred interviews conducted over the last fifteen years with leading directors, actors and writers at the National Theatre, Buzz Buzz! is a fantastic compendium that offers unrivalled insight into the work and practice of the best theatre talent. The first section features interviews with twenty-six leading playwrights about their work, including Tom Stoppard, Alan Bennett, Michael Frayn and April de Angelis. The second section examines how writers and directors have adapted works for the National's stage, including recent hits War Horse and Coram Boy. The final section features actors and directors discussing their work on plays from across the international spectrum, including Helen Mirren on Antony and Cleopatra, Ian McKellen on Ibsen's Enemy of the People, and Kenneth Branagh on Mamet's Edmond. Well-known theatre journalist and biographer Jonathan Croall draws on the vast wealth of interviews he's conducted at the National Theatre in this fascinating and wide-ranging book.
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