Fashions in Theatres Actor and Architect
A symposium from Manchester University Drama Week edited by Stephen Joseph discusses how theatre spaces shape performance and funding. Notable chapters by Guthrie Kenny Southern English Stevens and Hunt examine audience proximity, stage form from Renaissance to modern open and arena setups, and community leisure planning in Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Joseph
University of Manvchester Press
Australia
University of Melbourne Prem
Department of Drama
Manchester University
Art Council
Veady
Tyrone Guthrie
Minneapolis
Horseshoe
Sean Kenny
Las Vegas
Richard Southern
Hugh Hunt
England
John English
Christopher
Steven
Rains Trust
Voice of
Experience
Stevens
Chichester
Leone
Technique and the modern saga of civilization
A brisk overview of Jacques Ellul's critique of technique as the driving force of modern society. The essay praises Ellul for a wide ranging, interdisciplinary approach that rejects conventional labels while emphasizing technology as civilization's core.
Coffin in Malta and the reach of technique in modern life
A brief review notes the Maltese murder case touching a tight community and police work, then pivots to Lettice Ellul on Jacques Ellul’s Technics. The critique argues technique reshapes civilization, erodes morality, and replaces legality with efficiency, leaving little hope for human survival amid technocracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Bordeaux
Jacques Ellul
Ellul
Coffin
Malta
Gwendoline Butler
Collins
Price
Amelia Grech
Alfred Grima
Cosmie
Ganda
Not just food alone. Fishy Cookery Book edited by Lancre Bree Steer
A noted Australian cookbook presents recipes for fish preparation and cooking collected from across Australia. Edited by Mrs Steer with help from the Country Women's Association in Bermagui New South Wales. Royalties fund a rest room and health centre in Bermagui. Appendices list fish names by state and compare local fish with European equivalents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancre Bree Steer
Baught
Australia
Steer
New South Wales
Bermagi
Xalen
Raby Health Centre
Bermigui
Shine
The Reckoning by Hugh Atkinson reviewed as ambitious yet flawed
The Reckoning is praised for atmosphere and ambition though the plot unravels. The critic notes a strong Commonwealth Literary Fellowship influence and contrasts the author’s potential with uneven character drawing and early promise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atkinson
India
Commonwealth Literary Fellowship
Blue Mountains
Shane
Atkinam
Norman Lindsay
Mr Atkinson
Henry Lawson
A Pattern of Rulers in Britain's Sad Decades
A critical review of five British leaders from 1919 to 1939 Saintly or flawed figures Rufus Churchill MacDonald Baldwin Chamberlain Lloyd George and others are examined for their myths, misjudgments and the public's trust amid the postwar crisis and rise of Nazism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Stanley Hutuwin
Ramsay Macdlonald
Manrique Norman
Neville Chamberlain
Lord Militar
Francis Williamy
Italy
Norman
Ynglanst
T Ruth
Churchill
Ballwin
Macdonald
Hove George
Baldwin
Labour Party
Birkenhead
Lloyd George
Baldwin Eit Lloyd George
Lord George
Hau
Williams
Hitler
Europe
Hes
No Love on a Bond Mission Review
Book notes on Passport to Oblivion by James Leasor and Paris by John Boland. Leasor’s tale follows spy Jason Love during wartime intelligence work and a plot to assassinate the Shah of Persia while oil magnates profit. Boland, author of The League of Gentlemen, adds context on counterespionage tales and cinematic thrills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Leasor
Heimemenm
Price
Sounterpolan
Paris
John Boland
Jarrap
James Bond
Jason Love
George Blake
Love
Teheran
Persia
Canada
North America
Marx
Fctiow
Leasor
Aemun
Owe
Lear
Doctor No
Goldfinger
League of Gentlemen
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Casino de Paris
Maurice Dunlevy
the Technological Society
Joe Els
Cope
Prive Us
Ernst Junger
Contadind
Lettice
Elliil
Hugh Atkise von Bodley
Hugh Atkinson
Askinson
Hugh Askinsom
Fromcie Willanis
Longmans Green
J. H. Grainger
Fisentlewes
Egmade
Ince Suaotalar
Siya Williams
Aalishihes
Macilenthal
Fashonr
Ceowchy
Therayny
Aml
Ops
Bien
Dike Ballwin
Walllushs
Notony
Chamberlain
Nile
Xough
Whit Batt Hallo
Munich
Matias
Prem Lanl
Ind
Oxford University
Eversamne
Haholi
Tven Munich
Shannaze Hanhine
Chamberain
Willian
Qe Joo Neein
Gee Hiller
Goering
Gordhels
Doge Ay
Frail Theatre
Neal
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