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Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 Lilian Baylis : A Biography
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Based on new and original research, this biography documents the life of Lilian Baylis, an esteemed theatrical producer and manager who helped found the British National Theatre, the Royal Ballet, and the English National Opera. Setting out to discover how Baylis was able to manage two theatres and three companies, bring the very best of high culture to working people, and still haul in a profit, this biography looks beyond the famous comic anecdotes that surround her life and discovers the private woman behind the public persona. From her early career as a musician and dancer to the career-changing breaks she offered to actors such as Alec Guinness and Laurence Olivier, this insightful work reveals how Baylis achieved so much and the personal cost of her successes.

Notes

  • Includes bibliographical references (pp. 283-291) and index.
  • Although Lilian Baylis was not an Australian, she visited Australia in 1910, spening some time in Bunbury (Western Australia) and later Melbourne and Sydney. She wrote of her experiences in a travel journal, which Schafer has drawn upon.

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Works about this Work

Untitled Margaret Leask , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Reviews in Australian Studies , vol. 2 no. 2 2007;

— Review of Lilian Baylis : A Biography Elizabeth Schafer , 2006 single work biography
Untitled Margaret Leask , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Reviews in Australian Studies , vol. 2 no. 2 2007;

— Review of Lilian Baylis : A Biography Elizabeth Schafer , 2006 single work biography
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