Fifty years ago Sir Peter Hall directed the English world premiere of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Now he has returned to this quintessential absurdist piece that has become one of the most important works of modern drama. Jonathan Croall combines an account of this theatrical journey with an informative history of the play.

Two Ibsen plays, The Wild Duck and John Gabriel Borkman translated by Peter Hall and Inga-Stina Ewbank.

Seaport gateways and the corridors which connect them to widely dispersed hinterlands are of vital and essential importance to international trade and the world economy. Distributing goods to ultimate land destinations or bringing the goods to seaports from inland origins is organizationally complex involving multiple actors. This book furthers understanding about how this movement is organized, the role of ports acting as gateways and the actions of corridor players. A key question that confronts the shipping and port industries, as well as public authorities, is how to increase the benefits...

This book has one central theme: how, in the United Kingdom, can we create better cities and towns in which to live and work and play? What can we learn from other countries, especially our near neighbours in Europe? And, in turn, can we provide lessons for other countries facing similar dilemmas? Urban Britain is not functioning as it should. Social inequalities and regional disparities show little sign of going away. Efforts to generate growth, and spread it to the poorer areas of cities, have failed dismally. Much new urban development and redevelopment is not up to standard. Yet there are...

Documents interviews with over a hundred people in eight localities, to provide a social record of one of the world's greatest cities. This work offers an insight into what a cross-section of Londoners feel about their lives and the lives of those around them.

Defence procurement remains a relatively under-researched area mostly focusing on the USA. This revealing book looks at defence procurement from the point of view of smaller countries such as Israel, Australia, Poland and Spain.

Seaport gateways and the corridors which connect them to widely dispersed hinterlands are of vital and essential importance to international trade and the world economy. Distributing goods to ultimate land destinations or bringing the goods to seaports from inland origins is organizationally complex involving multiple actors. This book furthers understanding about how this movement is organized, the role of ports acting as gateways and the actions of corridor players. A key question that confronts the shipping and port industries, as well as public authorities, is how to increase the benefits...