Methuen Drama / Biography & autobiography

Writing Comedy

by John Byrne

Comedy has always been one of the most high-profile, glamorous and potentially lucrative markets for scriptwriters, but it is also perceived as one of the hardest. In the fourth edition of this highly regarded...

John Gielgud: Matinee Idol to Movie Star

by Jonathan Croall

In his lifetime Gielgud was acclaimed as the finest classical actor of the twentieth century and Jonathan Croall’s biography from 2000 was instantly recognised by critics as a masterful achievement, one that...

Meyerhold: A Revolution in Theatre

by Edward Braun

Edward Braun’s acclaimed work on Meyerhold available for the first time in paperback

Vsevolod Meyerhold began his career in theatre as an actor with the Moscow Art Theatre, and after a spell in the remote provinces,...

The Complete Verse of Noël Coward

by Noël Coward & Barry Day

Three volumes of his verse were published in Coward’s lifetime, but while The Complete Verse features all of the work from these three volumes it also presents previously unpublished material for the very first...