Master of the House: The Theatres of Cameron Mackintosh

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Cameron Mackintosh is the worlds leading theatrical producer of musicals such as Cats,Les Misrables and The Phantom of the Opera. He is also a significant theatre owner and has completeda two-decade campaign of refurbishment and rebuilding of eight London theatres that has set the tempo for maintaining one of Britains greatest cultural heritages for the next century.

Master of the House charts the stories of these eight historic London buildings their origins,their iconic shows and productions, the stars and the glamour. Lavishly illustrated with images from the Delfont Mackintosh archive, the book also contains original architect drawings,specially-commissioned photographs of the refurbishment, show posters and other theatre ephemera, and many sweeping panoramas of the exquisitely finished spaces.

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Michael Coveney has written about theatre as editor of Plays and Players magazine and was staff critic, successively, on the Financial Times, the Observer and the Daily Mail. His books include The Citz; The Aisle is Full of Noises; Questors, Jesters and Renegades and critical biographies of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Mike Leigh, Ken Campbell and Maggie Smith.