George Eliot

Peter Mudford

Placed side by side, the stories of Silas Marner 1861, The lifted veil 1859 and brother jacob 1864 illustrate how some of George Eliot's intellectual and personal concerns coalesced in a period of particular fruitfulness.

The Lifted Veil ; Brother Jacob

Silas Marner

Graham Greene is among the major creative talents of our time. During a career which spanned more than sixty years, he achieved a world-wide reputation. As skilful in writing with humour as with seriousness, Greene combined the gifts of a superb story-teller with the power to analyse the political ills and human dilemmas of an age of anxiety. As a writer who 'happened to be a Catholic', he also reflected the problems of faith and belief in a time of persistent violence. This study describes his vision of the twentieth century, and his evolving dedication to his craft as a writer of fiction.

Graham Greene

The Book Is Intended As A Study Of A Relationship And The Way Of Life That Grew From British India From The Period Of The British Presence In India From 1579 When The First Englishman, A Jesuit Missionary, Arrived In Goa And Traces The Way In Which The Values Brought Affected The Kind Of Civilization. It Ends With The Imperial Climax - The Viceroyalty Of Lord Curzon - At The Start Of The Long Struggle Which Led To Independence In 1947. Dustjacket Slightly Damaged Otherwise In Very Good Condition.

A Study of British-Indian Relations from Akbar to Curzon

Birds of a Different Plumage

"The reality of a play is in its performance. "Making Theatre" focuses on the processes by which performance is realized, analyzing three major areas: "Words" and the interpretation of the text; "Vision", including scenery, costume and lighting; and "Music" which illustrates the importance of music in all stage action. The forms of theatre covered include straight drama, the musical and opera. Taking productions well-known on both sides of the Atlantic, Peter Mudford examines plays by Shakespeare, Chekhov, Pirandello, Beckett, Pinter, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller and David Mamet; musicals by Rodgers and Hammerstein, Cole Porter and Stephen Sondheim; and operas by Verdi, Wagner and Berg. This account of what makes theatre important and how it works will be valuable to teachers and students of drama and performance, as well as all those interested in theatre as an art."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

From Text to Performance

Making Theatre

Graham Greene is among the major creative talents of our time. This study concentrates on his achievements as a novelist whose work spanned more than sixty years, and was translated into forty languages. As skilful in writing with humour as with seriousness, he combined the gifts of a superb story-teller with the power to analyse the political ills and human dilemmas of an age of anxiety. As a writer who 'happened to be a Catholic', he also reflected the problem of faith and belief in a time of persistent violence. This study describes his vision of the twentieth century, and his evolving dedication to his craft as a writer of fiction.

Peter Mudford

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