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When it was first published in 1984, this book exposed the pressures, rewards and insecurity of an actor's life, and caused a storm of controversy for its forthright views on the shortcomings of contemporary directors. Ten years later, Simon Callow has provided a new and gloomy assessment of the state of British theatre today, with the decline of ensemble playing, a lack of training for young actors, "brochure theatre" where novelty replaces substance, and audiences who applaud the hydraulics of the stage machinery rather than the quality of the actor's performace. It ends with a warning that without attention to the roots of the art of stagecraft, the tree of British theatre will surely die.
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In addition to his distinguished career in the theatre, Simon Callow has appeared in the films Amadeus, Room With a View, Maurice, the hugely successful Four Weddings and a Funeral, Shakespeare in Love, Notting Hill and Bright Young Things. He directed the film The Ballad of the Sad Cafe starring Vanessa Redgrave and Rod Steiger. Callow is also the author of Charles Laughton: A Difficult Actor, Shooting the Actor and Orson Welles: The Road to Xanadu. He lives in London.
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