The acclaimed playwright, novelist, and author ofFifth Businessexplores the performing arts in this witty and insightful essay collection. Though best known for his awardwinning fiction, Robertson Davies enjoyed a long and varied career as an actor, playwright, journalist and critic.Happy Alchemycollects an equally diverse range of Davies writingsincluding speeches, articles, prologues to plays, a ghost story set to music, and even a scenario for a film. In this eclectic volume, Davies shares his many musings on music, theatre, opera, and more. These pieces, many of them published here for the first time, touch on topics from Greek tragedy to Scottish Folklore and from Lewis Carroll to Carl Jung.

Binding: Paperback;558 pages; Publisher: Chicago Review Press Inc DBA Indepe; Classification: N/A; Weight: 930.57 g; Dimensions: N/A

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