Lindsay Anderson

In cinema and in theatre, Lindsay Anderson was one of the most innovative, independent and influential directors of the twentieth century. With classic films like This Sporting Life , If..., and O Lucky Man! he established and electrifying new wave in British cinema, while in the theatre he first staged such groundbreaking plays as Serjeant Musgrave's Dance , Home and What The Butler Saw . His Diaries were published by Methuen Drama in 2004 and are at once the intimate record of a remarkable...See more

In cinema and in theatre, Lindsay Anderson was one of the most innovative, independent and influential directors of the twentieth century. With classic films like This Sporting Life , If..., and O Lucky Man! he established and electrifying new wave in British cinema, while in the theatre he first staged such groundbreaking plays as Serjeant Musgrave's Dance , Home and What The Butler Saw . His Diaries were published by Methuen Drama in 2004 and are at once the intimate record of a remarkable man fiercely opposed to the political and cultural establishment of his time; a candid account of his personal and public struggles, his visionary work and troubled relationships; and an indispensable history of the artistic revolution he helped to shape. 'He was a brilliant writer, with great observational and analytic gifts, a charismatic figure who commanded the attention of a generation of serious cinephiles, a person of warmth, charm and integrity who attracted a loyal band of actors and other associates' - Philip French, Observer See less