The Worst It Can Be Is a Disaster : The Life Story of Braham Murray and the Royal Exchange Theatre.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (337 pages)
- Biography and Autobiography Series .
- Biography and Autobiography Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Derek Destiny -- 2 The (Un)Happiest Days of Your Life -- 3 The Best School of All -- 4 Chutzpah -- 5 A Lunatic at Oxford -- 6 Hang Down Your Head and Die -- 7 'You're Such a Talented Young Man' -- 8 New York -- 9 A Thing with Music -- 10 Three Strikes and You're Out -- 11 Century Theatre -- 12 A 'Secret' -- 13 Artistic Director -- 14 The First Link -- 15 How the Group Came into Being -- 16 First Meetings at Last -- 17 'I Am a Jew' -- 18 Accepted -- 19 The Last Century -- 20 The New Group -- 21 Filling in Time -- 22 Edinburgh and Nuptials 1968 -- 23 She Stoops to Conquer: The Tug of War Starts -- 24 Armund Hohningstadt -- 25 The First Two Musicals -- 26 The Beginning of a Long Run -- 27 The Last Show at the University Theatre -- 28 Higgledy-piggledy -- 29 The Tent -- 30 The Conception and Pregnancy of the Royal Exchange -- 31 Not Such Good Companions -- 32 The Black Mikado -- 33 Two Lives -- 34 1976 - Setting Things Up -- 35 The Theatre's Opening -- 36 Success -- 37 Fire Engine -- 38 Leaping Back -- 39 Between Two Worlds -- 40 The Group Evolves -- 41 Enter Robert Lindsay -- 42 Behind the Iron Curtain -- 43 The Three Musketeers -- 44 On Stage Again -- 45 International Success -- 46 Another Surprise -- 47 Staying in the Group -- 48 A Strange Year -- 49 The Last Chance Saloon and Finally a Proper Director -- 50 Andy Capp -- 51 The Child Grows Up a Bit -- 52 At Last - And Big Changes -- 53 Enter David Threlfall -- 54 The Tenth Anniversary Season -- 55 The Scottish Play -- 56 1989-90 -- 57 All Change -- 58 Rough Weather -- 59 Coup de Foudre -- 60 Meanwhile -- 61 The Count -- 62 Crisis Again -- 63 Back in New York -- 64 Back to England -- 65 It Depends What You Call Better -- 66 The Royal Exchange, Mark II -- 67 Resurrections -- 68 Au Revoir -- 69 The Reopening -- 70 First Year Back -- 71 First Ibsen. 72 Houston -- 73 Catching Up -- 74 Absolutely Bats -- 75 New Work, More Tensions -- 76 Upheavals -- 77 Twenty-fifth Anniversary -- 78 A Last Upheaval (So Far) -- 79 Appraisal -- 80 More Brad -- 81 The Home Team Play -- 82 Coming Together -- 83 The Serpent of Old Nile -- 84 Uncle Max -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
The autobiography of Braham Murray, founding director of the Royal Exchange Manchester who at twenty-two became the youngest artistic director in the country.
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Murray, Braham. Royal Exchange Theatre (Manchester, England) -- History. Theatrical producers and directors -- Great Britain -- Biography.