{"product_id":"diaries-1","title":"Diaries","description":"\u003cp\u003ePeter Hall's diaries start in spring 1972, just after he had been approached to succeed Lord Olivier as Director of Britain's National Theatre, which was then preparing the historic move from the Old Vic to its new home, the three-auditorium \"palace\" on London's South Bank. They finish in January 1980, \"the end of the beginning of the new building\". Sir Peter tells the story of the eight hectic years in between. He describes his delicate situation with Olivier; how he worled with Richardson, Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft, Pinter, osborne, Jonathan Miller and many others. His diaries uniquely reveal what it is like to be head of a great artistic enterprise under burning public scrutiny; and they cover an extremely dramatic period which includes the constant delays to the opening of the South Bank building, resignations, press attacks, strikes, and Hall's special -- and sometimes difficult -- relationship with th eRSC which he founded. These conflicts had repercussions throughout the entire theatre world, and Hall's picture of the crises, successes and personality clashes of which he was the centre is frank, and unfailingly absorbing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/peter-hall-books\"\u003ePeter Hall\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 507\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hamilton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780241112854\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hamilton","offers":[{"title":"Poor Condition — £1.33","offer_id":47909717835953,"sku":"SB-0241112850-C4","price":1.33,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0241112850.jpg?v=1789194583","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/diaries-1","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}