Stony Ground - Leslie Rocker
- the memoirs of a theatrical non-celebrity
The first half of a life with many vicissitudes and two obsessions: the live theatre and writing. The author looks back from a vantage point 50 years later, offering the reader an historical record based on personal experience:
* poverty in the 1920s and 1930s
* the blitz in war-torn London
*National Service in the Merchant Navy
* journalism and magazine editing
* golden years in 1950s London
* writing plays and poetry
* am dram in the East End of London
* professional theatre, weekly rep, summer seasons, touring, schools
* the ultimate goal on the West End stage
EAN: 9781787195486
The first half of a life with many vicissitudes and two obsessions: the live theatre and writing. The author looks back from a vantage point 50 years later, offering the reader an historical record based on personal experience:
* poverty in the 1920s and 1930s
* the blitz in war-torn London
*National Service in the Merchant Navy
* journalism and magazine editing
* golden years in 1950s London
* writing plays and poetry
* am dram in the East End of London
* professional theatre, weekly rep, summer seasons, touring, schools
* the ultimate goal on the West End stage
EAN: 9781787195486