Michael Holt
Michael Holt was Senior lecturer in Drama at the University of Manchester for 27 years He specialised in aspects of contemporary play-writing, performance and production and the quasi-theatrical leisure industry. He remains a theatre designer of National and international repute. He has worked with Alan Ayckbourn as a designer for over 40 years in Scarborough theatres and elsewhere, and is the author of books on stage and costume design.
Michael Holt was Senior lecturer in Drama at the University of Manchester for 27 years He specialised in aspects of contemporary play-writing, performance and production and the quasi-theatrical leisure industry. He remains a theatre designer of National and international repute. He has worked with Alan Ayckbourn as a designer for over 40 years in Scarborough theatres and elsewhere, and is the author of books on stage and costume design. See less
Michael Holt's Featured Books
Michael Holt book reviews
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Hampton
Hampton, Virginia In Images Of America
The Images of America series captures the local history of America in 128 page volumes consisting of photographs and running commentary. For the most part, the volumes appeal to a local audience - to ... Read More
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The Political Crisis of the 1850s
Book reads as if author published first draft
Oy gevalt!!! [Yiddish expression meaning both "oh my God" and "enough already."]
This book is poorly written--even for an ACADEMIC book. And that's really saying something, because academics ... Read More
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The Political Crisis of the 1850s
Politics as the Cause for War
Conflict is good. Conflict of the political nature, suggests Michael F. Holt, prevented the coming of the Civil War for decades. Neither slavery, sectionalism, nor a Republican victory guaranteed the ... Read More
