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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1870259998
• ISBN13: 9781870259996
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Oberon Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.

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