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Arguments with England: A Memoir Hardcover – August 18, 2005

by Michael Blakemore (Author)

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Now recognized as one of today's greatest theater directors and winner of two Tony Awards-and director of this season's most acclaimed play, Democracy, by his frequent collaborator Michael Frayn-Michael Blakemore followed a unique path to success. In this book, he discusses his boyhood in Australia and his start in England as an actor-his life changed by a tour of Titus Andronicus with Laurence Olivier at the height of his powers-and continuing up to his first success as a director with A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. In recounting his early life, Blakemore provides "a pitch-perfect account of dreaming youth, driven, frustrated, and eventually deepened by a realistic love of the theatre" (David Hare).

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Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Faber & Faber (September 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0571224458
ISBN-13: 978-0571224456
Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 1.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Window on an era and much, much more - a really rewarding read

By Simon Barrett 'Il Penseroso' on March 27, 2016

Format: Hardcover

I cannot praise too highly this prequel to Stage Blood, which I have yet to read. A multilayered account of an Aussie thesp's slow-burn career and his emotional/intellectual life that was thirty years in the making and remaking, it's the quality of the writing, including its counterintuitive, not wholly chronological structure, that lifts this above the usual theatrical candyfloss (cotton candy). The Australian chapters are particularly revelatory even if, like me, you've no interest in that country. Like Paul Theroux's Great Railway Bazaar I was nearly put off by the first, jocular chapter: persist!

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A great read from a great artist and true gentleman

By Eric Michael on October 15, 2013

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Having worked with Mr. Blakemore years ago and having also read his other pieces, I was truly excited to see what '"Arguments with England" would bring. I was not disappointed. He is as wonderful a writer as he is a director and curling up with this book was like having a private audience with a gent you can only admire and respect more each time you meet him, whether in person or in the pages of a book.