{"product_id":"9781915603814-all-is-fortune","title":"All is Fortune","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd Other Theatre Stories\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unusual collection of short stories captures the essence of life in the theatre. Behind the superficial glamour lies a world marked by ambition, jealousy and heartache.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unusual collection of short stories captures the essence of life in the theatre. Behind the superficial glamour lies a world marked by ambition, jealousy and heartache.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong stories featured in \u003cem\u003eAll is Fortune\u003c\/em\u003e are an actress under stress at an audition, a struggling playwright committing a deception, a biographer falling out with his subject, a female playwright suffering sexual harassment, and many others. Lighter stories tell of the mysterious disappearance of a member of an amateur dramatic society, the unrequited love of a chorus girl in a musical, and a monologue by an elderly jobbing actor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJonathan Croall, a leading theatre historian and biographer, and the son of well-known actors, has created these imaginative stories with warmth, insight and humour, bringing vividly to life a host of well-drawn characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Jonathan Croall has written extensively and illuminatingly about acting and actors. In these stories he attempts something different, a sequence of shiny, shard-like vignettes – some ironic, some poetic, some straightforwardly realistic – which reflect the life of the theatre in all its many aspects. Haunting.’ Simon Callow, actor and writer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40893456482401,"sku":"9781915603814","price":8.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28394845.jpg?v=1722584248","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781915603814-all-is-fortune","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}