A Thousand and One First Nights

by Leslie Yeo

In 1951, a young actor-manager (Leslie Yeo), left a post-war England still manacled by the toughest currency restrictions in its history and, with $30 in his pocket, brought 13 professional actors and a scenic designer across the Atlantic to the closest point on the North American shore-St. John, Newfoundland. There, without sponsor or subsidy, he staged 26 different plays in 26 weeks and ended up the season with a profit. Over the next six years...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889626480
• ISBN13: 9780889626485
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Mosaic Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"