Happy Alchemy: On the Pleasures of Music and the Theatre

By: Robertson Davies

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Synopsis: The acclaimed playwright, novelist, and author of Fifth Business explores the performing arts in this witty and insightful essay collection. Though best known for his award-winning fiction, Robertson Davies enjoyed a long and varied career as an actor, playwright, journalist and critic. Happy Alchemy collects an equally diverse range of Davies&’ writings—including speeches, articles, prologues to plays, a ghost story set to music, and even a scenario for a film. In this eclectic volume, Davies shares his many musings on music, theatre, opera, and more. These pieces, many of them published here for the first time, touch on topics from Greek tragedy to Scottish Folklore and from Lewis Carroll to Carl Jung.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 385 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780795352331
Related ISBNs:: 9780795352492
Publisher:: RosettaBooks
Date of Addition:: 01/14/25
Copyrighted By:: RosettaBooks
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Drama, Plays and Theater, Language Arts, Music
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Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.