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THE HOTEL IN AMSTERDAM
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fourteen copies of John Osborne's play The Hotel in Amsterdam published by Faber & Faber in 2003, together with a hardback copies of his two volume autobiography Almost a Gentleman published in 1981 and A Better Class of Person published in 1991 and Damn You England a selection of his prose published in 1994
(17)
The Hotel in Amsterdam premiered on 3rd July 1968 at the Royal Court Theatre starring Paul Schofield as Laurie. As Heilpern described it, 'In the play three couples spend a weekend talking and drinking in luxury hotel in Amsterdam. Led by Laurie they have secretly fled the clutches of the powerful movie producer they're all connected to in various ways. He's known as K.L. - code for T.R. or Tony Richardson.' (Heilpern, p. 359). Whitebrook picked up the story: 'In The Hotel in Amsterdam, written as the debris fell from the fracas over The Charge of the Light Brigade (see lot 29), Osborne took 'malicious' revenge upon Tony Richardson by appropriating him as the model for the dictatorial film producer KL. a characterisation over which Richardson was subsequently "furious"'. (Whitebrook, p. 269)
Qty: 17
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fourteen copies of John Osborne's play The Hotel in Amsterdam published by Faber & Faber in 2003, together with a hardback copies of his two volume autobiography Almost a Gentleman published in 1981 and A Better Class of Person published in 1991 and Damn You England a selection of his prose published in 1994
(17)
The Hotel in Amsterdam premiered on 3rd July 1968 at the Royal Court Theatre starring Paul Schofield as Laurie. As Heilpern described it, 'In the play three couples spend a weekend talking and drinking in luxury hotel in Amsterdam. Led by Laurie they have secretly fled the clutches of the powerful movie producer they're all connected to in various ways. He's known as K.L. - code for T.R. or Tony Richardson.' (Heilpern, p. 359). Whitebrook picked up the story: 'In The Hotel in Amsterdam, written as the debris fell from the fracas over The Charge of the Light Brigade (see lot 29), Osborne took 'malicious' revenge upon Tony Richardson by appropriating him as the model for the dictatorial film producer KL. a characterisation over which Richardson was subsequently "furious"'. (Whitebrook, p. 269)
Qty: 17
Looking Back at John Osborne: Pictures and Possessions from his Estate The Hurst, Shropshire (Timed)
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