Surviving in the Theatre: A Biography of Michael Wheatley-Ward - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1789554926 ISBN 13: 9781789554922

Publisher: New Generation Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

From the Largest Theatre Group in the World to The Oldest Stage in England and the Future of the Theatre

Michael Wheatley-Ward has had invaluable experience of the theatre management business as the pages of this book will reveal. Here is a colourful entertainment all of its own of the risks involved in production management from the wings as well as front of house. A wealth of knowledge which has been gained through knowing and working with some leading actors, directors and producers in the theatre business over fifty years. From some of London's West End play houses, cinemas and provincial picture houses to the second oldest theatre in England, the Theatre Royal Margate. This centre was one of local controversy in 2007, which led to the creation of the Sarah Thorne Theatre in Broadstairs.  For the reader the second purpose of this book,  will be to gain an objective account of the events which actually took place, through the reports of some of those involved in the experience.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael J Flagg has two previous publications 'From Punch and Judy to Haute Cuisine-A Biography of the Life and Times of Arthur Edwin Simms 1915 to 2003 published by Authorhouse in 2011, about a Head of two UK centres and the Pusa Institute in Delhi India, of particular interest to students of Hospitality Management. It was described as the only publication so far to give a detailed and comprehensive account of the growing importance of hospitality education in the UK in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries in a 473 page colour book also on Kindle. A second publication is entitled 'The Learning Curve of a First Time Self Published Writer on Line', published by Xlibris in 2014 is also on Kindle and runs to 97 pages. It is an account of the creation of the first book through self publishing. Michael has been involved in theatre all his life, mainly in a non professional capacity and now, as a retired university lecturer, he continues to act and direct. Collating this life story of Michael Wheatley-Ward has been a welcome opportunity for him, as it has set out to answer many questions about the professional theatre which have alluded him all his life.

About this edition

• Publisher: New Generation Publishing
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1789554926
• ISBN 13: 9781789554922
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 194
• Editor: Bellamy James, Such Peter