Noted director Michael Blakemore is renowned for such Broadway successes as
Joe Egg
,
Noises Off
and
City of Angels
. In the introduction, Simon Callow says of Blakemore's book, “There have been remarkable novels of the theatre, but no other book has so truly depicted the creative anarchic excitement of acting.
Next Season
is the finest fictional celebration of the passionate craft of the actor ... about the demands and rewards of acting, what it takes from you, what it gives you back. Acting as work, work as possion!”
“An outstanding theatre novel ... extremely readable and informative.”
–
The London Times