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Richard Eyre's writing is illuminated by all he has achieved as the consummate director of our age. He is the wise and gentle expert on the human heart. - Ian McEwan

Since his successful spell running the National Theatre, Richard Eyre's career as a director of film, theatre and opera has made him a leading cultural figure and a hugely respected commentator on the arts.

This book collects over fifty short pieces written by Eyre about people he has known and worked with, ideas he has struggled with, things that have moved, delighted or infuriated him. He writes with candour, perceptiveness and charm, and always with an eye for the telling anecdote or the revealing detail that betrays the inner life of his subject.

Here we encounter Arthur Miller recounting to Eyre the events of the first night of Death of a Salesman; Harold Pinter overheard in a characteristically pugnacious exchange; Judi Dench racing clockwork chicks across a table, her face 'illuminated by demented glee'. Here too are Alan Bennett, Kate Winslet, Margaret Thatcher, John Mortimer and Marlon Brando, each of them brought vividly and unforgettably to life in the space of a few hundred words.

Eyre also includes pieces about the monarchy, about the Iraq War, about Alzheimer's Disease (from which his mother suffered), about his love of climbing (from the comparative safety of his armchair), and about the relationship between music and sexuality.

What Do I Know? is a book that tackles serious ideas with a light and often mischievous touch, and it confirms Eyre's place as one of our foremost writers and cultural statesmen.

Richard Eyre is a theatre director, writer and former Artistic Director of the National Theatre (a position he held from 1988 to 1997). He has worked widely in theatre and opera - including in the West End, at the National Theatre and the Royal Opera House, on Broadway and in Aix-en-Provence. His film and television work includes The Ploughman's Lunch, Tumbledown, Iris, Notes on a Scandal, and Changing Stages, a six-part look at twentieth-century theatre. He has received many awards for theatre, TV and film, and was knighted in 1997.

Highly intelligent and thought-provoking... gets right to the heart of what it means to be an actor... spectacular and highly entertaining... something for every theatre addict to enjoy. - British Theatre Guide

Entertaining and informative... [Eyre] writes wittily and compellingly. - The Stage

A superb collection... definitive, gorgeously written and devastatingly acute... a lifetime in the arts, and the institutions that matter, has rarely been so valuable, revealing or funny. - Michael Coveney, WhatsOnStage


About the Author: Richard Eyre was the Artistic Director of the National Theatre from 1988 to 1997. His films include Notes from A Scandal and Iris and his recent West End and Broadway productions include Mary Poppins, Ghosts and The Pajama Game. His book Talking Theatre is an NHB bestselling-title.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781848424180
  • Publisher: Nick Hern Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Nick Hern Books
  • Depth: 32
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: People, Politics and the Arts
  • Width: 160 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1848424183
  • Publisher Date: 12 May 2015
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 241 mm
  • No of Pages: 288
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Weight: 639 gr


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