A Dish of Tea with Dr Johnson

Name: A Dish of Tea with Dr Johnson
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By (author): Ian Redford James Boswell

Out of Joint Presents: A Dish of Tea With Dr Johnson Irritable, generous, seriously depressed yet a great wit: meet Samuel Johnson poet, essayist and lexicographer. This evening of stories and conversation brings to life some of the most colourful figures of the eighteenth century.The host of characters bringing detail to this fascinating portrait includes biographer James Boswell, painter Joshua Reynolds, King George III, Bonnie Prince Charlies saviour Lady Flora MacDonald, and Mrs Thrale, the society hostess whowas Johnsons final, unrequited love. With A Dish of Tea with Dr Johnson we return to the fascinating world of the great Dr Johnson. Until the middle of the 19th Century only the two patent houses, Drury Lane and Covent Garden, were permitted to present drama. So when Samuel Foote, Johnsons contemporary, presented his evening of comic impersonations and vignettes it was billed as An Invitation to a Dish of Chocolate with Samuel Foote. From him we have purloined our title. - Max Stafford-Clark See more

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Weight: 128g
Dimensions: 130 x 210mm
Publication Date: 22 Feb 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781849431064

About Ian RedfordJames Boswell

Russell has worked as an actor for over ten years. he has worked extensively in film and theatre. He trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. His first play Sisters Such Devoted Sisters' was first performed at the Traverse in an Out of Joint production directed by Max Stafford Clark. It won the Carol Tambor/ Scotsman award for the best production at the Edinburgh Festival 2004 and when on to do two runs in London at the Drill Hall and two runs off broadway. His recent plays include Vantastic and Lobster which were commissioned for Queer up North 2009. A double bill of Vantastic and Lobster was performed at the Oval House Theatre in Autumn 2009 He is a recipient of multiple awards from the Peggy Ramsay Foundation. Ian's appearances with Out of Joint include Shopping and Fucking Our Country's Good Some Explicit Polaroids Rita Sue and Bob Too A State Affair A Laughing Matter (in which he first played Doctor Johnson) She Stoops to Conquer and The Permanent Way as well as extensive roster of roles in theatre film and television. He was the founder and Artistic Director of Xenia Theatre Company.