Theatre (Audible Audio Edition) W Somerset Maugham Lucy Scott Audible Studios Books
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Julia Lambert is in her prime, the greatest actress in England. Off stage, however, she is bored by her handsome husband, coquettish, and undisciplined. She is at first flattered and amused by the attentions of a shy and eager young fan, but before long Julia is amazed to find herself falling wildly, dangerously, in love.
Theatre (Audible Audio Edition) W Somerset Maugham Lucy Scott Audible Studios Books
I finished this simple novel by W. Somerset Maugham on a lazy, rainy summer afternoon. The mood outside matched my own and was somehow reflected in the book I had just completed; because sometimes you just want a story. Not an adventure story full of violence and intrigue and ‘twists’; not a mystery full of death and suspense; not a political thriller where the characters fight each other for temporal power. Just a story; a story about the musings of men as they meander through life – but a good story after all.Theater is just this kind of book. It’s the simple tale of an actress and an affair and what it teachers her about herself and the world she has chosen. There is no great moral of this story. There is no epic struggle for good against wrong. There is no hero, or heroine. There are just people, making decisions as people are wont to do – good decisions and bad decisions alike – as they seek from their lives a greater significance or a lesser tedium.
Of course a story like this takes great skill to write – and Maugham does it easily.
As I read this story, surrounded as I was by the magnificent Rocky Mountains in a lovely village tucked away from great significance, I wondered if I could write such a novel. I am, perhaps – ok probably – not a great writer like Maugham. Nevertheless, inspired by a simple story and against the backdrop of the fresh clarity all around, I decided I must give it a try. I hope I can find the words that refresh and soothe; as has W. Somerset Maugham in Theater.
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Theatre (Audible Audio Edition) W Somerset Maugham Lucy Scott Audible Studios Books Reviews
Read this book first, then watch a movie with Annette Benning, called Being Julia. Both are exhilarating in its own way.
My favorite author just gave me my favorite book. Why have I waited so long to discover it. Thank you, Mister Maugham.
Maugham captured the attitude of a totally self-centered, narcissistic actress in the most verbose way making this book tedious to read. The language was often choppy, repetitious and shallow (perhaps reflective of the main character, Julia).
This is the best novel ever written about those beguiling creatures called actresses. The central character is Julia Lambert, England's greatest actress, and at times a lying, manipulative bitch. Men who have been made miserable by such women will be disgusted by the novel unless they are able to maintain objective distance and laugh at this woman's scheming as she attempts to carry on a hopeless affair with a boy half her age.
Maugham has a remarkable ability to write compelling scenes that avoid melodrama and predictability. His years as a comic playwright served him well as a story teller. I find him one of the easiest to read of great (or near great) fiction writers. He keeps you turning the pages and avoids longeurs.
Maugham's view of human nature is tawdry -- some might say filthy. He believed a a perfectly respectable woman was capable of an episode of cheap sex in a sleeping car on a train. He certainly shows no Victorian sentimentality about the fairer sex.
I won't give away the ending, but it is the oddest scene in the novel. The ending is original to the point of peculiarity. Maugham believes the artist is the only truly free person because he can use his pain to create art. I don't think being an artist helped Maugham find happiness at the end of his own long life.
This is another great Maugham story. Like many it deals with love, lust and ego and many other human weaknesses. It is skillfully written and a real page Turner.
While I don't love this novel as much as "The Razor's Edge" and "Cakes and Ale" and "The Moon and Sixpence," it is a fun and lively novel in its own right. Maugham's look at the lives of an actress and her manage-husband is funny and true, but also sympathetic and kind. His strength as an author is that he always introduces his readers to the most unusual people, but he makes them seem so warm, so human despite their faults, that we come to root for them. In this novel, an aging actress, Julia Lambert, embarks on an affair with a younger man. On one hand, this is the most sincere she has been in years even her son thinks she just acts all the time. On the other hand, she manages her affair as if it were a romantic play. Can she even be herself when she is off the stage? Or is she so involved in creating herself as an actress that she literally has no life without an audience? As Julia faces these questions, Maugham gives us a funny look at what it takes to be famous wacky treatments to keep her looks youthful, constant dieting and exercise, and perpetual shmoozing with investors and fans (some things never change!). It is Maugham's look at the difference between the private and the public life that makes this novel worth reading, along with the tremendously cruel yet funny climax in which Julia teaches a ruthless sleep-her-way-to-the-top actress the lesson of her life.
W. Somerset Maugham's, "Theatre," is a rich, insightful novel about the theatre and the people who work in the profession and the audiences that adore the actors. Maybe it's because I once was a theater major in college that I so thoroughly loved this novel. The character of Julia Lambert, a famous, extremely talent actress, who cannot disassociate everyday reality, from the characters she plays on stage is an amazing portrayal and depiction of the insecurities and obsessions that accompany greatness.
This book reminds me of the great movie "All About Eve" and like that movie this novel is as enthralling and mesmerizing as any book I have read about the theater. I strongly recommend this wonderful piece of art.
I finished this simple novel by W. Somerset Maugham on a lazy, rainy summer afternoon. The mood outside matched my own and was somehow reflected in the book I had just completed; because sometimes you just want a story. Not an adventure story full of violence and intrigue and ‘twists’; not a mystery full of death and suspense; not a political thriller where the characters fight each other for temporal power. Just a story; a story about the musings of men as they meander through life – but a good story after all.
Theater is just this kind of book. It’s the simple tale of an actress and an affair and what it teachers her about herself and the world she has chosen. There is no great moral of this story. There is no epic struggle for good against wrong. There is no hero, or heroine. There are just people, making decisions as people are wont to do – good decisions and bad decisions alike – as they seek from their lives a greater significance or a lesser tedium.
Of course a story like this takes great skill to write – and Maugham does it easily.
As I read this story, surrounded as I was by the magnificent Rocky Mountains in a lovely village tucked away from great significance, I wondered if I could write such a novel. I am, perhaps – ok probably – not a great writer like Maugham. Nevertheless, inspired by a simple story and against the backdrop of the fresh clarity all around, I decided I must give it a try. I hope I can find the words that refresh and soothe; as has W. Somerset Maugham in Theater.
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