{"product_id":"affair-of-the-heart-9781350367258","title":"Affair of the Heart","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA book of selected theatre reviews from 2020 from one of the foremost authorities on British theatre.   Starting each chapter is a brief commentary on the developments of that era and the social, political and cultural context within which this theatre was being produced. Also included are key obituaries and letters in response to reviews written, providing a rich collection of curated archival material.   Following on from his first collection, One Night Stands, Michael Billington's chronicle offers a rich, authoritative insight into British theatre over the last 3 decades from his unique professional perspective. It begins with Tony Kushner's UK premiere of Angels in America at the National Theatre in 1992 and culminates with Inua Ellams's celebrated adaptation of Chekhov's Three Sisters at the same venue almost 30 years later. En route, we're exposed to the fallibility of theatre criticism through his much-regretted original criticism of Sarah Kane's Blasted and its role in identify\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe best theatrical read of the year. * British Theatre Guide *\u003cbr\u003eA hugely valuable document of almost three decades of British theatre, but also a highly personal collection. * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eHere is 18 years' worth of [Billington's] wisdom, starting with a recession and ending with a pandemic, culled from a half-century at the Guardian ... This book is more than a wander down memory lane, however; it brilliantly shows how theatre reflects society, art imitating life. * Country Life Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements xi  Introduction  1. Towards the End of the Millennium: 1992–9  1992 \u003ci\u003eAngels in America Faith Healer Moby Dick The Rise and Fall of Little Voice\u003c\/i\u003e  1993 Is there Life after Deptford? 400 Years since the Death of Christopher Marlowe \u003ci\u003eArcadia Moonlight Cabaret\u003c\/i\u003e  1994 \u003ci\u003eThe Atheist’s Tragedy Footfalls John Gielgud: a celebration of his 90th birthday The Queen and I\/Road Measure for Measure Pentecost\u003c\/i\u003e The Life and Legacy of John Osborne  1995 \u003ci\u003eBlasted\u003c\/i\u003e Letters to the Editor about \u003ci\u003eBlasted\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDealer’s Choice Skylight The Importance of Being Earnest\/ Private Lives Mojo\u003c\/i\u003e  1996 Shakespeare on Screen \u003ci\u003eThe Beauty Queen of Leenane Divine Right Hedda Gabler Ashes to Ashes\u003c\/i\u003e  1997 \u003ci\u003eBird and Fortune Ivanov A Six-Point Plan for Theatre Playhouse Creatures Blue Heart The Weir\u003c\/i\u003e  1998 \u003ci\u003eAn Experiment With An Air Pump Naked Cleansed Copenhagen The Merchant of Venice\/As You Like It Via Dolorosa\u003c\/i\u003e  1999 \u003ci\u003eThe Colour Of Justice Lift Off 71 House and Garden Ricky Jay and his 52 Assistants Mnemonic\u003c\/i\u003e Noel Coward Centenary  2. Hopes of Renewal: 2000–9  2000 \u003ci\u003eThe Island Celebration\/The Room Richard II Blue\/Orange 4.48 Psychosis The Bogus Woman\u003c\/i\u003e Is there a Crisis in Black Theatre?  2001 \u003ci\u003eA Raisin in the Sun Alive From Palestine Mother Clap’s Molly House The Seagull No Man’s Land\u003c\/i\u003e  2002 \u003ci\u003eThe York Realist Up For Grabs The Marriage of Figaro Frozen The Coast of Utopia Joan Littlewood A Number\u003c\/i\u003e  2003 \u003ci\u003eIphigenia Henry V Fallout The Elephant Vanishes Iain Duncan Smith’s Leader’s Speech at the Conservative Party Conference The Sugar Syndrome Cut-Price Shakespeare Lear’s Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e  2004 \u003ci\u003eThe Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? When Harry Met Sally Endgame Festen Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads Guantanamo Stuff Happens Thou shalt not cough Don Carlos\u003c\/i\u003e  2005 \u003ci\u003eProfessor Bernhardi Mammals Is the Fashion for the 90-minute Play suffocating Dramatists? Elmina’s Kitchen Talking to Terrorists Death of a Salesman Blackbird The Wild Duck\u003c\/i\u003e  2006 \u003ci\u003eNights at the Circus Resurrection Blues The Clean House Rock ‘N’ Roll Frost\/Nixon A Moon for the Misbegotten Krapp’s Last Tape \u003c\/i\u003e 2007 \u003ci\u003eThe Seagull Black Watch King Lear Macbeth The Crisis in West End Theatre Noughts and Crosses \u003c\/i\u003e 2008 Tribute to Paul Scofield 1922–2008 \u003ci\u003eGone With the Wind The English Game The Pitmen Painters Her Naked Skin Hamlet\u003c\/i\u003e Breaking the Rules: Leading Article on Harold Pinter Tribute to Harold Pinter  2009 \u003ci\u003eBe Near Me Death and the King’s Horseman The Arts in the 1980s: Reflections on Theatre under Margaret Thatcher The Great Game: Afghanistan The Contingency Plan Jerusalem Enron\u003c\/i\u003e Critic’s Notebook  3. Bright Spots in the Lost Decade: 2010–19  2010 \u003ci\u003eOff the Endz\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSweet Nothings Ruined Religion and Theatre The Persians The Game Onassis Men Should Weep\u003c\/i\u003e  2011 \u003ci\u003eWhat’s Wrong with Spoilers? The League of Youth The Merchant of Venice truth and reconciliation Othello Tribute to Shelagh Delaney Foxfinder The Animals \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Children Took to the Streets\u003c\/i\u003e  2012 Signs of Second-Rate Plays \u003ci\u003eJulius Caesar Ten Billion Three Sisters This House All That Fall Red Velvet The Effect \u003c\/i\u003e 2013 \u003ci\u003eThe Audience Chimerica A Season in the Congo Handbagged The Scottsboro Boys\u003c\/i\u003e 50 Years of The National Theatre  2014 Ellen Terry With Eileen Atkins \u003ci\u003eKing Charles III Khandan (Family) Wonderland Ballyturk The James Plays Gypsy\u003c\/i\u003e  2015 \u003ci\u003eOppenheimer The Hard Problem\u003c\/i\u003e Nicholas Hytner’s 12-year-reign as Director of the National \u003ci\u003eLampedusa The Trial Hamlet Hangmen Tribute to Brian Friel Elf the Musical \u003c\/i\u003e 2016 \u003ci\u003eEscaped Alone Cleansed Hamlet The Flick 246 Sixty Years of the Royal Court Why Shakespeare lives on 400 Years after his Death Father Comes Home from the Wars Oil The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism King Lear\u003c\/i\u003e  2017 \u003ci\u003eHamlet Consent The Ferryman An Octoroon Barber Shop Chronicles Donald Trump and Shakespeare Fatherland Girl From The North Country\u003c\/i\u003e Tribute to Sir Peter Hall \u003ci\u003eAlbion\u003c\/i\u003e Ken Dodd at 90  2018 \u003ci\u003eThe Inheritance The Writer Nine Night Red The Jungle The Lehman Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e Caryl Churchill at 80 \u003ci\u003eCompany The Watsons Sweat\u003c\/i\u003e  2019 \u003ci\u003eOur Lady of Kibeho\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRutherford and Son\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBetrayal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eKunene and the King\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSmall Island\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRomersholm\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIan McKellen\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Cheviot, the Stag and the Black,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBlack Oil\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFleabag\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Very Expensive Poison\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThree Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e Letter to Oliver Dowden in The Guardian  Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738624602455,"sku":"9781350367258","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350367258.jpg?v=1720049691","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/affair-of-the-heart-9781350367258","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}