Series: Biography and Autobiography

Meyerhold by Edward Braun details the captivating journey of Vsevolod Meyerhold, who began his illustrious career in theatre as an actor with the Moscow Art Theatre. After a period in the remote provinces, Meyerhold returned to Moscow at the behest of Stanislavski, where he founded a pioneering, experimental studio for the Art Theatre. This biography chronicles Meyerhold's remarkable life filled...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZECHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, MAIL ON SUNDAY, FINANCIAL TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, SPECTATORTHE SUNDAY TIMES ART BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 ‘A dazzling tour de force’ THE TIMES ‘Does justice to Freud’s pitiless genius as an artist’ DAILY MAIL ‘You can hear...

A book on the cultural and revolutionary florescence of the American Theatre, circa 1963-1973