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)

▶▶▶陈楸帆◀◀◀ 科幻作家、编剧、译者、世界科幻作家协会成员、世界华人科幻协会会长。 陈楸帆是当代中国科幻的领军人物之一，毕业于北京大学中文系及艺术系，曾就职于谷歌中国、百度等高新技术公司，对文学、艺术、前沿科技等领域理解深刻。 陈楸帆的作品被翻译为多国语言，在英、美、法、德、日等国皆有出版，斩获中国科幻银河奖、全球华语科幻星云奖、世界科幻奇幻翻译奖等海内外重要奖项二十余次。 《荒潮》是陈楸帆的长篇小说代表作，曾斩获第五届全球华语科幻星云奖长篇小说金奖，以及第二届花地文学榜科幻金奖。2019年，陈楸帆亲自修订《荒潮》，增改98处，作为三部曲的开篇之作。

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)

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。

Between 1949 and 1953, Robert Frank continually returned to Europe from his new home in New York to take photographs in France, Switzerland, Spain, and Great Britain, photographs that show the development of his uniquely humanist, poetic, and realist eye. In 1951 and early 1952, Frank visited London--"I liked the light, I liked the fog."--and set out to photograph the unique at...(展开全部)

"War is over; the heroic French population reaffirms superiority. Love, Paris, and Flowers but London was black, white, and gray, the elegance, the style, all present in front of always changing fog. Then I met a man from Wales talking about the Miners and I had read How Green Was My Valley. This became my only try to make a 'Story'." --Robert Frank This magnificent new edition...(展开全部)

Between 1949 and 1953, Robert Frank continually returned to Europe from his new home in New York to take photographs in France, Switzerland, Spain, and Great Britain, photographs that show the development of his uniquely humanist, poetic, and realist eye. In 1951 and early 1952, Frank visited London--"I liked the light, I liked the fog."--and set out to photograph the unique at...(展开全部)