You want a play to be challenging, ambitious, nuanced and complicated. You also want it to sell tickets. You want to make art, and you know you’re in show business. These are some of the balancing acts that the National Theatre, and this book, is about. This is the inside story of twelve years at the helm of Britain’s greatest theatre. It is a story of lunatic failures and spec...(展开全部)

This is the fascinating inside story of twelve years at the helm of Britain's greatest theater. Nicholas Hytner's highly entertaining memoir combines gossip with serious insight into what is involved in bringing a production to life. It tells vivid, lively stories about working with some of the world's most celebrated actors and writers and explores many variations on the colla...(展开全部)

From the Tony Award and Laurence Olivier Award-winning former director of London's National Theatre--this is a fascinating, candid, eloquent memoir about his career directing theater, producing films and opera, and working closely with some of the world's most celebrated actors. The list of Nicholas Hytner's accomplishments is long and distinguished: as Artistic Director of Lon...(展开全部)

◎著者简介 朱丽叶·巴克（Juliet Barker），历史学者与传记作家，英国皇家文学会成员。她毕业于牛津大学，取得了历史学博士学位，主要研究方向为英国中世纪骑士制度，是英国骑士比武方面的世界级权威。代表作有《英格兰的比武大会，1100—1400》《起来，英格兰人！人民、国王与1381年农民起义》。 ◎译者简介 王超斑，香港浸会大学传播学硕士，自由译者。曾任香港教育大学人文社科学院研究助理。

Waged almost six centuries ago, the Battle of Agincourt still captivates. It is the classic underdog story, and generations have wondered how the English--outmanned by the French six to one--could have succeeded so bravely and brilliantly. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Juliet Barker paints a gripping narrative of the October 1415 clash between the outnumbered English arch...(展开全部)

In Theatre , W. Somerset Maugham–the author of the classic novels Of Human Bondage and Up at the Villa –introduces us to Julia Lambert, a woman of breathtaking poise and talent whose looks have stood by her forty-six years. She is one of the greatest actresses England–so good, in fact, that perhaps she never stops acting. It seems that noting can ruffle her satin feathers...(展开全部)

罗伯特·科恩（Robert Cohen），美国职业导演、剧作家和戏剧评论家。1965年获耶鲁大学戏剧学院导演艺术博士学位，同年创办欧文加州大学戏剧系，并担任系主任，现为该系讲座教授。曾获美国大学的最高荣誉UCI奖章和美国高等教育戏剧协会职业成就奖。他的剧本和学术著作在美国、欧洲和非洲出版，后者主要涉及五种舞台演出研究，其中《表演第一课》（Acting 0ne）、《莎剧表演》（Acting in Shakespeare）和《表演的力量》（Acting Power）分别被翻译成四种语言。

In Theatre , W. Somerset Maugham–the author of the classic novels Of Human Bondage and Up at the Villa –introduces us to Julia Lambert, a woman of breathtaking poise and talent whose looks have stood by her forty-six years. She is one of the greatest actresses England–so good, in fact, that perhaps she never stops acting. It seems that noting can ruffle her satin feathers...(展开全部)

[英]J. J. 斯卡里斯布里克，1928年生。英国历史学家，曾任英国华威大学教授，现为布里斯托大学荣誉教授、皇家历史学会会员。专攻英国都铎王朝史，著有《都铎王朝的法律与管治》等。

Self-taught and working in isolation until his death in 1973, Henry Darger realized an elaborate fantasy world of remarkable beauty and strangeness, through hundreds of paintings and an epic written narrative. Angel-like Blengins with butterfly wings, natural catastrophes, innocent girls, and murderous soldiers all appear in Darger's scenes, which are reproduced in this book in...(展开全部)