To be or Not to be / Edition 1

by Peter Barnes

Overview

In To Be or Not to Be (1942), Ernest Lubitsch brought his legendary comic touch to the most unpromising situation: life in Nazi-occupied Poland. In this study, Peter Barnes considers what it is to make comedy out of tragedy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780851709192
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/27/2008
Series:	BFI Film Classics
Edition description:	2002
Pages:	79
Product dimensions:	5.32(w) x 7.53(h) x 0.24(d)

About the Author

Peter Barnes is one of the UK's most respected dramatists, with numerous stage, screen and radio plays to his name. His work has been performed by Laurence Olivier, Alec Guinness, Peggy Ashcroft, John Gielgud and Paul Scofield (among others). He won the Evening Standard Most Promising Playwright award for The Ruling Class in 1969 and the Olivier Award for Best Play in 1985 for Red Noses. His screenplay for Enchanted April (1992) was nominated for an Academy Award.