(Applause Books). Noted director Michael Blakemore is renowned for such Broadway successes as  Joe Egg ,  Noises Off  and  City of Angels . In the introduction, Simon Callow says of Blakemore's book, "There have been remarkable novels of the theatre, but no other book has so truly depicted the creative anarchic excitement of acting.  Next Season  is the finest fictional celebration of the passionate craft of the actor ... about the demands and rewards of acting, what it takes from you, what it gives you back. Acting as work, work as possion!" "An outstanding theatre novel ... extremely readable and informative."    The London Times

Next season: A novel

Arts & Photography

Blakemore, Michael

Performing Arts

Weidenfeld&Nicolson

Now recognized as one of today's greatest theater directors and winner of two Tony Awards-and director of this season's most acclaimed play, Democracy, by his frequent collaborator Michael Frayn-Michael Blakemore followed a unique path to success. In this book, he discusses his boyhood in Australia and his start in England as an actor-his life changed by a tour of Titus Andronicus with Laurence Olivier at the height of his powers-and continuing up to his first success as a director with A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. In recounting his early life, Blakemore provides "a pitch-perfect account of dreaming youth, driven, frustrated, and eventually deepened by a realistic love of the theatre" (David Hare).

Arguments with England: A Memoir

Humor & Entertainment

Faber&Faber

Now recognized as one of today's greatest theater directors and winner of two Tony Awards-and director of this season's most acclaimed play, Democracy, by his frequent collaborator Michael Frayn-Michael Blakemore followed a unique path to success. In this book, he discusses his boyhood in Australia and his start in England as an actor-his life changed by a tour of Titus Andronicus with Laurence Olivier at the height of his powers-and continuing up to his first success as a director with A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. In recounting his early life, Blakemore provides "a pitch-perfect account of dreaming youth, driven, frustrated, and eventually deepened by a realistic love of the theatre" (David Hare).

ARGUMENTS WITH ENGLAND

In 1971, Michael Blakemore joined the National Theatre as Associate Director under Laurence Olivier. The National, still based at the Old Vic, was at a moment of transition awaiting the move to its vast new home on the South Bank. Relying on generous subsidy, it would need an extensive network of supporters in high places. Olivier, a scrupulous and brilliant autocrat from a previous generation, was not the man to deal with these political ramifications. His tenure began to unravel and, behind his back, Peter Hall was appointed to replace him in 1973. As in other aspects of British life, the ethos of public service, which Olivier espoused, was in retreat. Having staged eight productions for the National, Blakemore found himself increasingly uncomfortable under Hall's regime. Stage Blood is the candid and at times painfully funny story of the events that led to his dramatic exit in 1976. He recalls the theatrical triumphs and flops, his volatile relationship with Olivier including directing him in Long Day's Journey into Night, the extravagant dinners in Hall's Barbican flat with Harold Pinter, Jonathan Miller and the other associates, the opening of the new building, and Blakemore's brave and misrepresented decision to speak out. He would not return to the National for fifteen years.

Stage Blood: Five tempestuous years in the early life of the National Theatre

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Faber Faber Plays

In 1971, Michael Blakemore joined the National Theatre as Associate Director under Laurence Olivier. The National, still based at the Old Vic, was at a moment of transition awaiting the move to its vast new home on the South Bank. Relying on generous subsidy, it would need an extensive network of supporters in high places. Olivier, a scrupulous and brilliant autocrat from a previous generation, was not the man to deal with these political ramifications. His tenure began to unravel and, behind his back, Peter Hall was appointed to replace him in 1973. As in other aspects of British life, the ethos of public service, which Olivier espoused, was in retreat. Having staged eight productions for the National, Blakemore found himself increasingly uncomfortable under Hall's regime. Stage Blood is the candid and at times painfully funny story of the events that led to his dramatic exit in 1976. He recalls the theatrical triumphs and flops, his volatile relationship with Olivier including directing him in Long Day's Journey into Night, the extravagant dinners in Hall's Barbican flat with Harold Pinter, Jonathan Miller and the other associates, the opening of the new building, and Blakemore's brave and misrepresented decision to speak out. He would not return to the National for fifteen years.

Stage Blood (Faber Drama)

Geographical information systems (GIS) are computer-based systems for the collection, storage and presentation of spatial information. This book on geographic information management is concerned with how we think about developing geographic information systems (GIS) applications. The book centres on five key themes: spatial and analytical techniques; data integration; area transformation; error propagation and the design of user interfaces. Potential applications of GIS are reviewed including environmental monitoring and natural and technical hazard management. The book contains 12 commissioned contributions from specialists drawn from the findings of the Regional Research Library Initiative funded by Britain's Economic and Social Research Council. The issues discussed in this book, whether methodological or in application fields, are intended to have a bearing on how we collect and handle geographic data. They raise questions of standards, such as spatial units, definitiions of attributes, organizational issues where data are treated as a corporate resource and the technical knowledge of staff and decision-takers. It is a wide field and it is a field which will become increasingly important as the tools themselves, the GIS's, become cheaper and more widely used. The book is aimed at all users of GIS, including students of geography, surveying, town planning and real estate management as well as local authority planning officers and central government departments.

Handling Geographical Information: Methodology and Potential Applications

Science & Math

Masser, Ian

Earth Sciences

Longman Pub. Group

This book is a vivid portrait of some of the country's most impressive locomotives in the period when they were still working hard for their living. Also included are colour photos recalling the exploits of the NRM's locomotives in service.

Great British Locomotives - the National Railway Museum Locomotives in Action

Mosley, David

Ian Allan Publishing

Bringing producer and consumer debates together, Geographic Information: Value, Pricing, Production, and Consumption provides a coherent perspective on what have become emotional and territorial issues of IPR protection and liberation. This book addresses a range of issues relating to GI, from its definition, purpose, and use to how GI affects individuals, organizations, and governments. It examines business issues including pricing, exploitation, competition, and IPR in private, commercial, and public domain environments. It also introduces a detailed case study that shows how the GI collection and dissemination policies affect regional and global environmental monitoring programs.

Geographic Information: Value, Pricing, Production, and Consumption

Business & Money

Longhorn, Roger A.

Economics

CRC-Press

Noted director Michael Blakemore is renowned for such Broadway successes as Joe Egg, Noises Off and City of Angels. In the introduction, Simon Callow says of Blakemore's book, “There have been remarkable novels of the theatre, but no other book has so truly depicted the creative anarchic excitement of acting. Next Season is the finest fictional celebration of the passionate craft of the actor ... about the demands and rewards of acting, what it takes from you, what it gives you back. Acting as work, work as possion!” “An outstanding theatre novel ... extremely readable and informative.” – The London Times

Next Season (Applause Books)

Applause

Railways in Retrospect No. 1 - LNER in Transition

Pendragon Partnership

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