Theatre

Resumen del libro

Julia Lambert is in her prime, the greatest actress in England. On stage she is a true professional, in full possession of her emotions. Off stage, however, she is bored with her husband, less disciplined about her behaviour. She is at first amused by the attentions of a shy but ambitious young fan, then thrilled by his persistence - and at last wildly but dangerously in love Although Maugham is most celebrated as a novelist and short-story writer, it was as a playwright that he first knew success. Theatre is both a tribute to a world from which he had retired and a persuasive testimony to his enthusiasm for drama and the stage.

Biografía del autor

(París, 1874 Niza, 1965). Es uno de los escritores más relevantes y prolíficos de la narrativa inglesa de la primera mitad del siglo XX. Supo reflejar como nadie el final del Imperio británico y relató los últimos días del colonialismo en la India, el Sudeste Asiático, China y el Pacífico. Compaginó su extensa carrera literaria con trabajos tan curiosos como el de espía para los servicios secretos británicos o el de guionista para estudios de Hollywood. Publicada en 1921, Lluvia ha tenido varias adaptaciones cinematográficas. Las más conocidas son la de 1932, con Joan Crawford, y la de 1953, con Rita Hayworth.