End Of The Rainbow (Modern Plays) Peter Quilter (Author)
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Musical drama of Judy Garland's "come-back" concerts Christmas 1968: with a six week booking at London's Talk of the Town, it looks like Judy Garland is set firmly on the comeback trail. The failed marriages, the suicide attempts and the addictions are all behind her. At forty-six and with new flame Mickey Deans at her side, she seems determined to carry it off and recapture her magic. But lasting happiness always eludes some people, and there was never any answer to the question with which Judy ended every show: "If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why, oh, why, can't I?" End of the Rainbow is a savagely funny drama featuring a glorious ensemble of Judy Garland hits and infused with the glamour and the melancholy of stardom. "Every note she sings, every racket she makes, every tear she sheds, every joke she cracks, every pill she pops - is conveyed with alarming honesty. This knockout portrait of a living catastrophe should not be missed." What's On Published to tie-in with the premiere at the Sydney Opera House in July 2005
- Rank: #428048 in Books
- Published on: 2012-05-08
- Released on: 2012-05-08
- Original language:
English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.80" h x
.39" w x
5.08" l,
.17 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 96 pages
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Description #2 by BzOverstock:
Thomas Cobb has produced a piercing, keenly observed chronicle of modern Americana, getting across the current mores and attitudes as experience by C&W musician Blake.You can almost hear the whining twang of a pedal steel guitar and the droning of a mournful singer while reading Crazy Heart.[Cobb's] picture of the scraggly underside of Western music is brutally convincing.Crazy Heart just might be the finest country-western novel ever written, bar none.A measure of Thomas Cobb's talent is that he can make Bad Blake's story amusing even as we watch him fall. Bad is entirely sympathetic, and this crazy heart is vivid; the milieu is as resonant as a steel guitar, and the plot moves along without skipping a beat.Crazy Heart is a beautiful book.The characters are cut cleanly out of America.Bad Blake is a man you will not soon forget.Thomas Cobb's marvelous first novel doesn't just play on your heartstrings, it breaks them.Thomas Cobb has written a bitter, witty psychological profile of an aging genius that is also a wonderful celebration of country music. Bad Blake lives at the poor end of the rainbow, but you'll never forget him. Crazy Heart is a splendid achievement.In producing as nearly a masterpiece as the subject has yet attracted, Cobb seems to have triumphed.Cobb has created an unforgettable character who engages not only your interest but your emotionand who proceeds to take you on a roller-coaster ride through his tawdrily tumultuous life.This is a heartfelt book: the descriptions of writing songs and playing them, of finding love and ruining it, of sweet, painful memories. There's nothing startling in the plot or the characters, but they are alive.Blake's dedication to, and integrity towards, his country
Description #3 by eBay:
author peter quilter format paperback language english publication year 14 07 2005 series modern plays subject literature poetry criticism subject 2 drama texts plays screenplays title end of the rainbow author quilter peter publisher ac black publication date may 08 2012 pages 96 binding paperback edition 1 st dimensions 0 24 wx 7 64 hx 4 88 d isbn 0413775321 subject performing arts general description musical drama of judy garland s come back concerts gardners brand new paperback all orders
