To Be or Not to Be

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by Peter Barnes

Type: Studies
Subject: One Film > To Be or Not to Be
Keywords: Ernst Lubitsch
Publishing date: 2002
Publisher: BFI Publishing
Collection: BFI Film Classics
Language: English

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Physical desc.

Paperback • 79 pages
5 ¼ x 7 ½ inches (13.5 x 19 cm)

ISBN-10 ISBN-13

0-85170-919-2
978-0-85170-919-2

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Book Presentation:
In To Be or Not to Be (1942), Ernest Lubitsch brought his legendary comic touch to the most unpromising situation: life in Nazi-occupied Poland. In this study, Peter Barnes considers what it is to make comedy out of tragedy.

About the Author:
Peter Barnes is one of the UK's most respected dramatists, with numerous stage, screen and radio plays to his name. His work has been performed by Laurence Olivier, Alec Guinness, Peggy Ashcroft, John Gielgud and Paul Scofield (among others). He won the Evening Standard Most Promising Playwright award for The Ruling Class in 1969 and the Olivier Award for Best Play in 1985 for Red Noses. His screenplay for Enchanted April (1992) was nominated for an Academy Award.

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