Taking Stock: The Theatre of Max Stafford-Clark

Stafford-Clark, Max; Roberts, Philip

ISBN 10: 1854598406 / ISBN 13: 9781854598400

Published by Nick Hern Books, 2006

About this Item

Pages are clean, unmarked with a tight spine. Both covers have lower corners creased. Two sections of B&W photographs from the stage performances.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Taking Stock: The Theatre of Max Stafford-Clark
• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1854598406
• ISBN 13: 9781854598400
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very GOOD
• Dust Jacket Condition: NONE
• Weight: 37 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
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About this title

Synopsis

Inside accounts of the making of some of the most influential theatre productions of the last four decades. Max Stafford-Clark has been at the cutting edge of theatre in Britain for more than thirty years. Taking Stock draws on diaries, photos and interviews to recreate the evolution of nine of his most famous and influential productions: Fanshen by David Hare Epsom Downs by Howard Brenton Cloud Nine by Caryl Churchill Rita, Sue and Bob Too by Andrea Dunbar Serious Money by Caryl Churchill Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker The Steward of Christendom by Sebastian Barry Some Explicit Polaroids by Mark Ravenhill Macbeth by William Shakespeare The result is one of the richest, most intimately informative books on the making of theatre.

About the Author

Max Stafford Clark's career as a director began in 1966 at the Traverse, Edinburgh. With William Gaskill he co-founded, in 1974, the Joint Stock Theatre Group, which forged a new creative bond between actors and writers. From 1979-1993 he was artistic director of the Royal Court Theatre. And in 1993 he set up the extremely successful touring company, Out of Joint.