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My Life So Far
The captivating story of the childhood of Sir Denis Forman, now a major film.
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My Life So Far
MY LIFE SO FAR (originally published as SON OF ADAM) is the story of the life of a small boy from his earliest childhood to the age of fourteen, at his family home in Dumfriesshire. The boy was Sir Denis Forman, the former chairman of Granada Television and of the Royal Opera Board; the house was Craigielands, a beautiful Palladian mansion set in wooded parkland beside a lake and teeming with a rich variety of characters whom Denis Forman brings vividly to life. These memoirs also describe the germination of his two main interests: entertaining an audience, and music. The first was to lead him - after service in World War Two - into films and television, culminating in CORONATION STREET and THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN. The second gave rise to his involvement with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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A Night at the Opera
This slightly irreverent guide to opera summarizes the plots of 17 of the world's great operas, including Aida, La Boheme, and Carmen, and describes their characters, artists, and composers.
My Life So Far
Cragielands, the beautiful palladian house in Dumfries where Sir Denis Forman grew up, was home to a household imbued with eccentric, if high-minded heartiness. This memoir of his 1920s boyhood recalls the delights of the life he led. It was shortlisted for the Scottish Book of the Year award.
The Good Opera Guide
"The first guide to take a sensible decision of separating comments on the music (serious and helpful) from descriptions of the plot (invariably flippant and often funny) -- Bamber Gasgoigne, Sunday Telegraph.
Mahler's Voices
Johnson considers how Mahler's body of music foregrounds the idea of artifice, construction and musical convention while also presenting itself as act of authentic expression and disclosure. This study of brings together a close reading of the renowned composer's music with wide-ranging cultural and historical interpretation.
Granada Television--The First Generation
This is a rich and readable collection of memoirs of those who worked at Granada during the first thirty years of its existence. It captures a climate of creative activity unique in the history of broadcasting, referred to now as the Golden Years of British Television. Lords Birt and Macdonald, Sir Denis Forman, Michael Parkinson, Michael Apted, Stan Barstow, Nick Elliott, Victoria Wood, Kenith Trodd, Jack Rosenthal, Anna Ford, Chris Kelly and Alan Plater are just a few of the many well known contributors who were responsible for creating the foundations on which Granada's considerable worldwide reputation was based. Shows like World in Action, Brideshead Revisited, A Family at War, Coronation Street, What the Papers Say, and many more described in this book were pioneers in their respective fields.
Persona Granada
Denis Forman's final volume of memoirs describes the personalities, including Sidney Bernstein, who changed the way TV operated in the mid-1950s and made British independent television a powerful force for change.
