吉尔伯特·阿代尔（Gilbert Adair），苏格兰作家、电影评论家和记者。 阿代尔1944年出生于爱丁堡。青年时期的吉尔伯特曾长期定居巴黎，后移居英国伦敦。他的作品涉猎广泛，包括：儿童文学、批评文学、小说、剧本和翻译文学。他曾凭借翻译作品《空虚》获得斯科特•蒙克里夫翻译奖。早年他在未经授权的情况下创作了两部著名的维多利亚时期英语文学作品（分别是《爱丽丝梦游仙境》和《彼得·潘》）的续集。1992年至1996年，他为《星期日泰晤士报》的专栏撰稿。他的小说《长岛爱与死》（1990）由导演理查德·科维特诺斯基改编为电影。他最著名的作品无疑是《神圣的纯真》，这部小说为他赢得了1988年的作家俱乐部处女作奖，后由意大利导演贝托鲁奇改编为电影《戏梦巴黎》。之后，吉尔伯特修改了自己的初稿并以同样的名字再次出版。他的最新作品是自2006年起创作的一组侦探小说，旨在...(展开全部)

In 1953, Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot premiered at a tiny avant-garde theatre in Paris; within five years, it had been translated into more than twenty languages and seen by more than a million spectators. Its startling popularity marked the emergence of a new type of theatre whose proponents—Beckett, Ionesco, Genet, Pinter, and others—shattered dramatic conventions and...(展开全部)

In 1953, Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot premiered at a tiny avant-garde theatre in Paris; within five years, it had been translated into more than twenty languages and seen by more than a million spectators. Its startling popularity marked the emergence of a new type of theatre whose proponents—Beckett, Ionesco, Genet, Pinter, and others—shattered dramatic conventions and...(展开全部)

Known as the "bible" of theatre history, Brockett and Hildy’s History of the Theatre is the most comprehensive and widely used survey of theatre history in the market. This 40 th Anniversary Edition retains all of the traditional features that have made History of the Theatre the most successful text of its kind, including worldwide coverage, more than 530 pho...(展开全部)

Known as the "bible" of theatre history, Brockett and Hildy’s History of the Theatre is the most comprehensive and widely used survey of theatre history in the market. This 40 th Anniversary Edition retains all of the traditional features that have made History of the Theatre the most successful text of its kind, including worldwide coverage, more than 530 pho...(展开全部)

Stephanie Dalley explores the spread of culture through literacy from Mesopotamia into Egypt, Palestine and Greece after a system of writing was developed. By gathering evidence from a vast range of material and literary sources from 3000 BC onwards, threads of influence and continuity are traced into the Middle Ages. The effect of rediscovery in recent times is evident in Euro...(展开全部)

Stephanie Dalley explores the spread of culture through literacy from Mesopotamia into Egypt, Palestine and Greece after a system of writing was developed. By gathering evidence from a vast range of material and literary sources from 3000 BC onwards, threads of influence and continuity are traced into the Middle Ages. The effect of rediscovery in recent times is evident in Euro...(展开全部)