Talking Theatre

A superlative account of how theatre is made, in the words of the very people who make it. In Talking Theatre, Richard Eyre uses his unrivalled access to leading theatre people to allow us to eavesdrop on the stories behind many of the most important productions and performances in the theatre of recent times: John GielgudPeter BrookMargaret 'Percy' HarrisPeter HallIan McKellenJudi DenchTrevor NunnVanessa RedgraveFiona ShawLiam NeesonStephen ReaStephen SondheimArthur LaurentsArthur MillerAugust WilsonJason RobardsKim HunterTony KushnerLuise RainerAlan BennettHarold PinterTom StoppardDavid HareJocelyn HerbertWilliam GaskillArnold WeskerPeter GillChristopher HamptonPeter ShafferFrith BanburyAlan AyckbournJohn BuryVictor SpinettiJohn McGrathCameron MackintoshPatrick MarberSteven BerkoffDeborah WarnerWillem DafoeSimon McBurneyRobert LepageJohn Johnston (Britain's last Theatre Censor)'A mine of first-hand theatrical information and insight and, better still, a wonderful compendium of high-grade gossip' --Telegraph 'Truly various and never less than fierce critical thinking condensed into one endlessly entertaining volume' --Sunday Times Theatre Book of the Year