The Pocket Guide to Classic Books (Paperback)
Imprint: Remember When
Series: Pocket Guides
Pages: 192
ISBN: 9781844680610
Published: 19th May 2010
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Maureen Hughes' inspiration for her Pocket Guides series is that she believes theatre and literature are for everyone, but can at times seem a somewhat exclusive club, with the membership criteria being intelligence, especially in the case of classic books. The result is that those who are, for example, not well-read remain so. But one only has to take a look at the viewing figures for costume dramas - adapted from the classics - to realise that there are many people out there who would like to be a member of this exclusive club. So what puts them off? Maureen believes that it is quite simply a lack of basic awareness. Maybe Joe Public wouldn't want to sit through one of Stoppard's verbally acrobatic plays but he might be interested to know a little about that man too and maybe how many plays he had in fact written.
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About Maureen Hughes
Maureen Hughes teaches at the Laine Theatre Arts in Surrey and has written eight musicals, one of which was produced in London’s West End.
She has written 4 "Pocket Guides" for Remember When, following the success of The Pocket Guides to Musicals; Plays & Playwrights and The Classics.