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Someone left the cake out in the rain

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By Peter Ackroyd, Reaktion Books, Glyn Davis
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What might have been. The poet Wystan Hugh Auden was fond of writing librettos, at first alone, later with his long-term partner Chester Kallman. Just a handful of their operas made it to the stage during Auden’s lifetime. Only The Rake’s Progress, with a score by Igor Stravinsky, surfaces still in contemporary repertoire. It is programmed for La Scala next year. Then came the opportunity. Auden’s schoolboy friend Christopher Isherwood believed his novel Goodbye to Berlin would make a great musical.
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Benátky - Peter Ackroyd

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By Peter Ackroyd
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O knize Benátky Benátky, snad nejkrásnější a nejromantičtější město na světě, každoročně přitahují miliony turistů. Peter Ackroyd je povýšil na hrdinu svého díla, v němž fascinujícím způsobem sleduje vývoj města na 118 ostrovech od založení až k dnešku.
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AUDEN | Kirkus Reviews

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By Peter Ackroyd
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A blissfully vicarious, heartfelt glimpse into the life of a Manhattan burlesque dancer. A former New York City dancer reflects on her zesty heyday in the 1970s. Discovered on a Manhattan street in 2020 and introduced on Stanton’s Humans of New York Instagram page, Johnson, then 76, shares her dynamic history as a “fiercely independent” Black burlesque dancer who used the stage name Tanqueray and became a celebrated fixture in midtown adult theaters.
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