Rock'n'roll hinterland : Swiss backstages /
All across Switzerland, in smaller towns like Schaffhausen or Biel as well as in larger villages such as Altdorf or Buchs, there are local public theaters, restaurants with a stage or multi-purpose halls. These places are second home to Beat Schlatter, actor-comedian, playwright and the person behin...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | German English |
| Language Notes: | Parallel texts in German and English. |
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Zürich :
Scheidegger & Spiess,
[2017]
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| Summary: | All across Switzerland, in smaller towns like Schaffhausen or Biel as well as in larger villages such as Altdorf or Buchs, there are local public theaters, restaurants with a stage or multi-purpose halls. These places are second home to Beat Schlatter, actor-comedian, playwright and the person behind one of Switzerland's most famous faces. For some thirty years, he has travelled Switzerland in every direction to perform his own programs and to appear in shows, and he has rested, changed and made-up his face in hundreds of these venues that offer some variety of a backstage. When on tour, Schlatter takes photographs of these usually dull transitional spaces where celebrities and local stars and starlets await their appearance. This new book, featuring around 300 of Schlatter's images, is a testimonial of the moderate tristesse and the well-intended fruit bowl inherent to all these spaces, no matter how conventional or hilariously extravagant they may seem. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9783858815712 3858815713 |