Theatre

作者 W. Somerset Maugham
出版社 Random House US
出版时间 2001年3月第1版
ISBN 9780375724633

内容简介

InTheatre,W.SomersetMaugham–theauthoroftheclassicnovelsOfHumanBondageandUpattheVilla–introducesustoJuliaLambert,awomanofbreathtakingpoiseandtalentwhoselookshavestoodbyherforty-sixyears.SheisoneofthegreatestactressesEngland–sogood,infact,thatperhapssheneverstopsacting.Itseemsthatnotingcanrufflehersatinfeathers,untilaquietstrangerwhochallengesJulia'sverysenseofself.Asaresult,shewillendurerejectionforthefirsttime,hercapacityasamotherwillbeaffronted,andherabilitytoputonwhateverfaceshedesiredforherpublicwillprovelimited.InTheatre,Maughamsubtlyexposesthetensionsandtriumphsthatoccurwhenactingandrealityblendtogether,and–forJulia–ultimatelyreverse.

作者简介

WilliamSomersetMaughamwasbornin1874andlivedinParisuntilhewasten.HewaseducatedatKing'sSchool,Canterbury,andatHeidelbergUniversity.HespentsometimeatSt.Thomas'Hospitalwiththeideaofpractisingmedicine,butthesuccessofhisfirstnovel,LizaofLambeth,publishedin1897,wonhimovertoliterature.OfHumanBondage,thefirstofhismasterpieces,cameoutin1915,andwiththepublicationin1919ofTheMoonandSixpencehisreputationasanovelistwasestablished.Atthesametimehisfameasasuccessfulplaywrightandwriterwasbeingconsolidatedwithacclaimedproductionsofvariousplaysandthepublicationofseveralshortstorycollections.Hisotherworksincludetravelbooks,essays,criticismandtheautobiographicalTheSummingUpandAWriter'sNotebook.In1927SomersetMaughamsettledintheSouthofFranceandlivedthereuntilhisdeathin1965--ThistextreferstothePaperbackedition.