Christopher Fitz-Simon

Autore di The Most Beautiful Villages of Ireland

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Christopher Fitz-Simon is a former Artistic Director of the Lyric Theatre, Belfast, the Irish Theatre Company and the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. Among his books are THE BOYS, a biography of the Dublin Gate Theatre's Hilton Edwards and Michel MacLammir - 'A really wonderful book' (Bruce Arnold, Irish mostra altro Independent); 'Beautifully written, diligently researched, sometimes sad, often hilarious' (Keith Baxter, Daily Telegraph); 'By far the most wide-ranging and atmospheric description of Dublin's wartime theatre' (Clair Wills in That Neutral Island); and ELEVEN HOUSES, a memoir of the 1940s -'Christopher Fitz-Simon's wry and dispassionate approach keeps the narrative bracing' (Patricia Craig, Times Literary Supplement); 'The sense of total recall is astonishingit is painfully funny' (Roy Foster, Irish Times). mostra meno

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Opere di Christopher Fitz-Simon

Popolari Recenti

The Most Beautiful Villages of Ireland (2000) 91 copie

The Boys: A Double Biography (1994) 21 copie

Irish Theatre (1979) 20 copie

The Abbey Theatre: Ireland's National Theatre, The First 100 Years (2003) 15 copie

Eleven house: a memoir of childhood (2007) 4 copie

The Arts in Ireland: a Chronology (1982) 4 copie

Players and Painted Stage: Aspects of the 20th Century Theatre in Ireland (2004) 2 copie

Landsbyer i Irland : med 258 fargebilder (2000) 2 copie

Rise Above! Letters from Tyrone Guthrie (2017) 2 copie

J. Kennedy Miller's very capable company of Irish players (2011) 1 copia

"Buffoonery and Easy Sentiment": Popular Irish Plays in the Decade Prior to the Opening of The Abbey Theatre (2011) 1 copia

Literary Ireland 1 copia

Boys, The: A Biography of Micheal Mac Liammoir and Hilton Edwards by Christopher Fitz-Simon (2002-05-01) 1 copia

The Irish Theater 1 copia

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Opere correlate

Unfinished Ireland: Essays on Hubert Butler (2002) — Collaboratore — 5 copie

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Nome canonico: Fitz-Simon, Christopher
Sesso: male
Nazionalità: Ireland
Relazioni: O'Connell, Daniel (ancestor)

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The most beautiful villages of Ireland di Christopher Fitz-Simon

Lately I've been seeing a lot of wonderful photographs of Ireland online via Pinterest and posts on Facebook by persons residing in Ireland. I was looking forward to seeing more of the beauty that I'd seen in those photographs. I was quite disappointed with the choices made in this volume. The narratives did not offer the criteria the photographer/author made in selecting villages nor did the individual sketches. I was disappointed that some of the villages that I've seen depicted in other media were not included here. This is a book for the coffee table more than a travel guide.… (altro)

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