Theatre

The Story of a Dramatic Battle, Edited by John Goodwin, numerous b&w photo illustrations, appendix listing theatrical and operatic productions by Peter Hall, index, xiv & 507 pp, green boards in d/w, top of spine slightly bumped, otherwise very good, Hamish Hamilton 1983

23.3 x 14.9 cm, 1060g, ISBN 0 24111 047 5

The diaries span the period spring 1972, just after Peter Hall’s appointment as Director of the National Theatre, to January 1980, when the Theatre had become established in its new building.  The diaries “reveal what it is like to be head of a great artistic enterprise under burning public scrutiny”.

See the description (below) from the dustwrapper flap.