The magic curtain; the story of a life in two fields, theatre and invention,
A lively, entertaining, egotistical success story- self-told by the famous patent lawyer, dramatist and head of the Theatre Guild. Born in a small Welsh town in rather humble circumstances, Langner entered the world of work at the age of 13, studied patent law at night, emigrated to America and star...
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1951
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| 100 | 1 | |a Langner, Lawrence, |d 1890-1962 |1 http://viaf.org/viaf/112044557 | |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The magic curtain; |b the story of a life in two fields, theatre and invention, |c by the founder of the Theatre Guild |
| 250 | |a [1st ed.] | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Dutton, |c 1951 | ||
| 260 | |a New York, |b Dutton, |c 1951 | ||
| 260 | 0 | |a New York, |b Dutton, |c 1951 | |
| 300 | |a x, 498 p |b illus., ports. |c 25 cm. | ||
| 300 | |a x, 498 p. : |b ill., ports. ; |c 25 cm | ||
| 300 | |a x, 498 pages : |b illustrations, portraits ; |c 25 cm | ||
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| 500 | |a Contains 4 chapters on Shaw | ||
| 500 | |a Includes index | ||
| 500 | |a Includes references to Bernard Shaw | ||
| 500 | |a "A Story Press book." | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Childhood -- Boyhood -- I go to work -- The technical assistant -- Prelude to departure -- A new world -- Prelude to independence -- Lower Broadway and Greenwich Village -- Chicago, Berlin and World War I -- The Washington Square players -- A village wooing and other matters -- A theatre is born -- Shaw and Back to Methuselah -- I visit the playwrights -- The theatre guild grows -- Shaw, Saint Joan and Stresa -- Art and the prohibition era -- The guild theatre and the acting company -- O'Neill and Strange interlude -- Trouble ahead -- Inner tensions and contact with youth -- O'Neill, Mourning becomes Electra, Ah, wilderness! and Days without end -- Shaw and his American visit -- The Westport country playhouse -- The new regime -- Double life -- The national inventors council -- Oklahoma! -- Tallulah, Carousel and the Lunts -- O'Neill and The iceman cometh -- Shaw, the latter days -- Widening horizons -- Summation -- Appendices : The Washington Square players ; Geneva correspondence with Bernard Shaw ; Westport country playhouse ; Plays by the author ; National inventors council ; American Shakespeare festival theatre ; Plays in which Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne have appeared ; List of theatre guild plays | |
| 520 | |a A lively, entertaining, egotistical success story- self-told by the famous patent lawyer, dramatist and head of the Theatre Guild. Born in a small Welsh town in rather humble circumstances, Langner entered the world of work at the age of 13, studied patent law at night, emigrated to America and started on his irrepressible rise to success. As a patent lawyer, he opened offices not only in New York and other American cities, but in Europeans capitals as well. His contacts with such men as Kettering, the Wright brothers, the inventors of Germany and England are all interesting. But he slights this material somewhat in favor of his all-absorbing hobby, the theatre. He tells the story of the formation of the Washington Square players, the founding of the Theatre Guild- its rise, vicissitudes and proliferations, the story of his own theatre- The Country Play-House in Westport, and finally the opening of the Shakespeare Festival Theatre there this year. Mr. Langner's life seems to be an extrovert's dream realized. He is in and out of a myriad of activities. All he touches succeeds, or if it doesn't, he is unaware of it. And many celebrities cross the pages of his book- and his relations with Shaw and O'Neill form a fascinating part of it....A long, aggressive, and often amusing book which may well sell considerably. The persons mentioned, and their friends, should account for 5000 copies; and those interested in the theatre in America, in which langner has played a decisive part, will add an appreciable audience. -- Kirkus Review | ||
| 590 | |a HAY SHAW copy: In: Sidney P. Albert-George Bernard Shaw Collection | ||
| 590 | |a HAY SHAW copy: Issued in dust jacket | ||
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