This Wooden O: Shakespeare's Globe Reborn: Achieving an American's Dream

by Barry Day

Book Overview

The story of one man's dream fulfilled, This Wooden O tells of American actor Sam Wanamake's efforts to reconstruct Shakespeare's Globe Theater. A tale of intrigue and bitter rivalry, it reads more like a political thriller than a slice of recent theatrical history. -Time Out (London) ...an extraordinary document of human endeavor. When I got to the final pages I found there were tears running down my face. -Rosemary Harris

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879102675
• ISBN13: 9780879102678
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Limelight
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

A monument to the life-long vision of the late Sam Wanamaker

"A lively,funny and very moving account of a remarkable theatrical dream" - Kenneth Branagh"An extraordinary document of human endeavour. When I got to the final pages I found there were tears running down my face." - Rosemary Harris"A breathtaking achievement...this massive history of the rebirth of Shakespeare's Globe (tells) a long and complex theatrical,political and architectural story across some very story years." - Sheridan Morley"Reads like a political thriller" - Time Out