Description
Noel Coward's Brief Encounter is remembered as one of the most haunting love stories on screen ever. Drawing on the characteristic wit and musicality of Kneehigh, Emma Rice, former Joint Artistic Director of the Company, has adapted Coward's classic 1945 screenplay, and the one-act play Still Life on which it was based, into a richly theatrical, imaginative and vibrant piece of theatre. From an original idea by David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers, Kneehigh's production received its world premiere in 2008. This edition is published to coincide with the production's run live at the Empire Cinema in London's West End for 2018, co-produced by Steve and Jenny Wiener and The Old Vic. With an updated foreword by Emma Rice. 'Surely the most enchanting work of stagecraft ever inspired by a movie.' Ben Brantley, The New York Times 'Moving, funny, gripping and even at its most inventive, true to the original and its all-English heart' The Times
Adapted for the stage by Emma Rice, this award-winning production of Noel Coward's Brief Encounter breathes new life into his most haunting of love stories.
About the Author
Noel Coward was born in 1899 in Teddington, Middlesex. He made his name as a playwright with The Vortex (1924), in which he also appeared. His numerous other successful plays included Fallen Angels (1925), Hay Fever (1925), Private Lives (1933), Design for Living (1933) and Blithe Spirit (1941). During the war he wrote screenplays such as Brief Encounter (1944) and In Which We Serve (1942). In the fifties he began a new career as a cabaret entertainer. He published volumes of verse and a novel (Pomp and Circumstance, 1960), two volumes of autobiography and four volumes of short stories: To Step Aside (1939), Star Quality (1951), Pretty Polly Barlow (1964) and Bon Voyage (1967). He was knighted in 1970 and died three years later in Jamaica. Emma Rice is Artistic Director of acclaimed theatre company Kneehigh.
Reviews
A first-class return to romance -- Charles Spencer * Telegraph *
A delicate, whimsical creation. Exquisite -- Ben Brantley * New York Times *
Ms Rice and her wonderful company have made it possible to embrace Brief Encounter once more with feeling... -- Ben Brantley * New York Times *
Book Information
ISBN 9781350083578
Author Noel Coward
Format Paperback
Page Count 72
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 80g
Adapted for the stage by Emma Rice, this award-winning production of Noel Coward's Brief Encounter breathes new life into his most haunting of love stories.
About the Author
Noel Coward was born in 1899 in Teddington, Middlesex. He made his name as a playwright with The Vortex (1924), in which he also appeared. His numerous other successful plays included Fallen Angels (1925), Hay Fever (1925), Private Lives (1933), Design for Living (1933) and Blithe Spirit (1941). During the war he wrote screenplays such as Brief Encounter (1944) and In Which We Serve (1942). In the fifties he began a new career as a cabaret entertainer. He published volumes of verse and a novel (Pomp and Circumstance, 1960), two volumes of autobiography and four volumes of short stories: To Step Aside (1939), Star Quality (1951), Pretty Polly Barlow (1964) and Bon Voyage (1967). He was knighted in 1970 and died three years later in Jamaica. Emma Rice is Artistic Director of acclaimed theatre company Kneehigh.
Reviews
A first-class return to romance -- Charles Spencer * Telegraph *
A delicate, whimsical creation. Exquisite -- Ben Brantley * New York Times *
Ms Rice and her wonderful company have made it possible to embrace Brief Encounter once more with feeling... -- Ben Brantley * New York Times *
Book Information
ISBN 9781350083578
Author Noel Coward
Format Paperback
Page Count 72
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 80g
