Australian Theatre: Back Stage with Graeme Blundell

Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 250 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is currently IN STOCK and would be shipped directly from our Australian address.. Film and television actor Graeme Blundell, has selected almost 300 anecdotes about Australian theatre, from its rather sordid origins in the 1790s to the more celebrated age of Barry Humphries, Wendy Harmer and John Bell. The anecdotes are all drawn from published sources: newspapers, magazines, biographies, memoirs and historical works. Arranged chronologically, they contain reminiscences of all the great figures of the Australian stage, including George Coppin, J.C. Williamson, Nellie Melba, Gladys Moncrieff, Roy Rene ("Mo"), Gwen Plumb, Peter Finch, Ray Barrett, Frank Thring, Noel Ferrier, June Slater, Gordon Chater, David Williamson and Reg Livermore. Writers such as Patrick White, Sumner Locke Elliott, Dorothy Hewett and Barry Oakley relate their adventures and misadventures in the theatre. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Film, Radio & Television; ISBN: 019553767x. ISBN/EAN: 9780195537673. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3646. . 9780195537673