Fiz by Eleanor Fazan
Tell the truth, her friend the director Lindsay Anderson urged Eleanor Fazan. It's seldom heard. Nor is it easy to tell. But that's what Fiz has done: delivering frank and intimate accounts of her not-always-peaceful collaborations with the brilliant figures she has worked with over the decades - on stage in London's West End, on screen, and in opera. It's an amazing line-up: among performers, from Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge and George Formby to Barry Humphries, Alec Guinness, Laurence Olivier; among directors, Tony Richardson, John Schlesinger, and Stephen Frears; among writers, John Osborne and the legendary Beyond the Fringe team - Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, and Dudley Moore. Along the way we get musicians too: her husband Stanley Myers, composer of Cavatina, the haunting theme from The Deerhunter, and the god-like maestro Herbert von Karajan. Fiz's memoir offers a modest, frank, and often startlingly perceptive account of the delights and difficulties of working with some of the most brilliant - and utterly impossible - writers, directors, and performers of the last sixty years. Her true stories of professional relationships are funny, affectionate, sometimes searing; always enlightening about the agonies and ecstasies of what goes on behind the scenes.
Fazan, Eleanor: - What decided you to become a director? the Queen asked Eleanor Fazan, at the production of Grab me a Gondola at Windsor. Well, when I was pregnant I put on so much weight that no one would employ me as a dancer, replied Fiz. Her Majesty burst out laughing.
Eleanor Fazan - known in the profession as Fiz - has covered the ground. Born in Kenya, as a teenager she came to London to train as a dancer at Sadlers Wells, and her career since then has taken her all over the world. It spans the decades and the disciplines too. As dancer, director, and choreographer, she has worked on stage and in film, television, and opera. Her shows in the West End included the hits Grab Me a Gondola, Blitz! and Beyond the Fringe; her film credits Tom Jones, Cold Comfort Farm, and Mrs Henderson Presents: her work in opera Salomü¾Ž–”¼, the Ring cycle, and Otello (starring Placido Domingo).
Married to the composer Stanley Myers, her friendships and professional collaborations among dancers, actors, divas, and directors have given her a deep understanding of the artist at work. In 2013 Eleanor was awarded the O.B.E. for her services to dance....
Eleanor Fazan - known in the profession as Fiz - has covered the ground. Born in Kenya, as a teenager she came to London to train as a dancer at Sadlers Wells, and her career since then has taken her all over the world. It spans the decades and the disciplines too. As dancer, director, and choreographer, she has worked on stage and in film, television, and opera. Her shows in the West End included the hits Grab Me a Gondola, Blitz! and Beyond the Fringe; her film credits Tom Jones, Cold Comfort Farm, and Mrs Henderson Presents: her work in opera Salomü¾Ž–”¼, the Ring cycle, and Otello (starring Placido Domingo).
Married to the composer Stanley Myers, her friendships and professional collaborations among dancers, actors, divas, and directors have given her a deep understanding of the artist at work. In 2013 Eleanor was awarded the O.B.E. for her services to dance....
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| ISBN 13 | 9781460201039 |
| ISBN 10 | 1460201035 |
| Title | Fiz |
| Author | Eleanor Fazan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | FriesenPress |
| Year published | 2013-05-08 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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