Opening Doors and Windows
A Memoir in Four Acts
Published on 17. August 2009
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-0-7524-5406-1 (ISBN)
Description
James Roose-Evans' list of accomplishments is formidable. Fifty years ago he founded the Hampstead Theatre. He has written seventeen books, including the best-selling Inner Journey, Outer Journey, Finding Silence: 52 Meditations for Daily Living and Experimental Theatre and has directed countless plays, including the award-winning adaptation of 84 Charing Cross Road. He is a non-stipendiary Anglican priest, founded the Bleddfa Centre for the Creative Spirit and continues to lead meditation, ritual and theatre master-classes today. His recollections, gathered together here, reveal an array of celebrated actors and writers who were both mentors and friends, including Martha Graham, Sir John Gielgud, Robert Frost and Tennessee Williams.
Beyond the anecdotes lies a memoir which weaves together the strands of a rich, multifaceted, dynamic personality, from an anguished and extraordinary childhood to a fulfilled older age.
Beyond the anecdotes lies a memoir which weaves together the strands of a rich, multifaceted, dynamic personality, from an anguished and extraordinary childhood to a fulfilled older age.
Reviews / Votes
'In these dangerous times, it is more important than ever that we try to understand the synthesis of chaos and order, freedom and discipline, intuition and ritual. And nobody has greater insight into these things than James Roose-Evans, who, alone amongst my teachers, opened the door to the nature of creativity for me at the beginning of my working life.' Mike LeighMore details
Edition
UK ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7524-5406-1 (9780752454061)
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