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Saving the Gaiety: and Other Misadventures of a Theatre Manager


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This book is not a blow-by-blow account of the extraordinary restoration of the Gaiety Theatre and Opera House in Douglas, Isle of Man, and nor is it intended to be. The words are a romp through the often hilarious memories and misfortunes of Mervin Russell Stokes, the man who has spent much of his working life serving the Gaiety and whose dedication and detective work in reincarnating this magnificent Frank Matcham playhouse became (and continues to be) an all-consuming passion. Mervin's MBE is a just reward for his achievements. Michael Thompson's pictures are a complete photographic record of every detail of the theatre's restored interior and exterior a priceless source of reference for the Gaiety's future preservation and a unique library for all students, researchers and devotees of Matcham's work and Britain's Victorian theatre heritage. With appendices which include a glossary of terms and a listing of all known Matcham theatres, "Saving the Gaiety" is also a book to entertain anyone who enjoys a good read or simply loves the theatre.

Table of Contents:
Foreword by David Stacey, Tower Insurance; Introduction by Timothy West and Prunella Scales; From Grave Beginnings to Brave New World; Little House of Horrors; Bums on Seats and Other Rude Awakenings; Coming Clean About the Past; Royal Flush; The Not-So-Happy Gaiety; A Big Act to Follow; Moving in the Upper Circle; The Great Irish Leg-Pull; Tony's Last Request; Overheads; Sleepless in Wakefield; Stage Fright; Barefoot in the Dark; A High Wind in Malvern; Scraps of Evidence; The Demon Bishop; A Spectre Calls; Extra Lolly; The Telephone Girl and the Corsican Brothers; The Queen and I; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; A Few Words Behind the Pictures by Michael Thompson; Bring Me Sunshine.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781899602575
  • Publisher: Lily Publications
  • Publisher Imprint: Lily Publications
  • Height: 245 mm
  • Sub Title: and Other Misadventures of a Theatre Manager
  • Width: 285 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1899602577
  • Publisher Date: 01 Dec 2006
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Spine Width: 16 mm
  • Weight: 1036 gr


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