Grinning At The Edge - A Biography of Alan Ayckbourn

Now in paperback, the hugely acclaimed, authorised biography of Britain''s most popular playwright Alan Ayckbourn is Britain''s most popular playwright and its most private. He has won numerous awards for his plays and has worked with some of theatre''s most celebrated names, yet he spends most of his time away from the limelight in a Yorkshire seaside town not writing at all but running a small repertory theatre. This is a portrait of a man who - from

Product details

• Authors: Paul Allen
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.09.2002
• EAN: 9780413771360
• ISBN: 978-0-413-77136-0
• No. of pages: 347
• Series: Biography and Autobiography; Biography and Autobiography
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Biography: arts & entertainment, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Biography: arts and entertainment, Literary studies: plays and playwrights