Ivor Novello

• Utgivningsdatum: 2022-11-14
• Mått: 152 x 227 x 31 mm
• Vikt: 891 g
• Format: Inbunden
• Språk: Engelska
• Antal sidor: 450
• Förlag: Christyplays Publications
• ISBN: 9781838136529

• Biografi: konst och underhållning
• Biografier

David was born in Oxford, England, in 1959. He graduated from London's City University with a B.A. (Hons) Degree in Journalism. In addition he has a PGCE from Lancaster University and an M.A. Arts (Dist) in Scriptwriting from the University of Central Lancashire. He continues his professional development by undertaking Post Graduate research and history courses at the University of Oxford. He has written several plays, including critically acclaimed Naturally Insane! The Life of Dan Leno, about the famous Victorian music hall comedian, presented at the Criterion Theatre in London's West End and on national tour. He has also written theatre history books and novels, screenplays, and works as a theatre producer, director and consultant. He was the Ivor Novello Consultant on the Oscar and BAFTA winning film Gosford Park, Directed by Robert Altman. For the BBC he most recently worked as the script consultant, and was the guest of the week, for the Radio 3 Composer of the Week dedicated to Ivor Novello for the first time with presenter Donald McCloud."At the heart of his career is a twin devotion: to reviving forgotten voices and bridging the worlds of stage and scholarship. Slattery-Christy has cultivated a reputation as a careful researcher, an intuitive dramatist, and a steward of cultural memory. His work finds purchase where actor and archivist meet - where the ghosts of Edwardian stages and wartime letters might be reimagined for contemporary audiences. Whether through lyric biography or theatrical invention, he continues to explore the resonances of past lives in our own time."

"David is the absolute authority on Novello, and this new edition including Novello's own My Life is a bit of a must..." Alexandra Coghlan - The Sunday Times."A biography which is the result of extensive research...I found this an intriguing reappraisal of a former theatre idol whom I had tended to dismiss."Tom Howard - Rogues & Vagabonds"This new biography delves much deeper into Novello's life than its predecessors. While this may have alienated those who prefer to remember Novello as fragantly as his famous lilacs, I found it to be well-researched and thought-provoking...the writer often uses a compelling style - the description of his first visit to red Roofs is akin to something out of Rebecca."David Wheeler - The Gaiety Magazine"As latecomers to Gosford Park, we were intrigued by the more than passing references to Ivor Novello. This book is a delightful look into the life and work of the composer of Keep The Home Fires Burning and will surely keep your interest on a coast to coast flight."Phil Stevens - Los Angeles 2016"David Slattery-Christy is very much in tune with British society during the first half of the last century...it has served him brilliantly with his two well-researched biographies [on Lily Elsie & Ivor Novello]...David has an amazing gift for bringing back to life the bustle and allure of London's West End in the days of Daly's [Theatre] and beyond..."Raymond Langford Jones - Sardines Theatre Magazine""An absorbing and thorughly engaging read, and a must for fans of [Robert] Altman's work looking to learn more about Novello and his work...straight from the films Ivor Novello Consultant."Tara O'Shea - Chicago USA

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