No Turn Unstoned

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No Turn Unstoned: The Worst Ever Theatrical Reviews
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Author Diana Rigg
PublisherElm Tree Books
Publication date
1982
Pages192 pp (first edition)
ISBN 0-241-10855-1
OCLC 10021707
792.9/5 19
LC Class PN1707 .N59 1982
No Turn Unstoned: The Worst Ever Theatrical Reviews
Author Diana Rigg
PublisherDoubleday
Publication date
1983
Publication placeUnited States
Pages192 pp
ISBN 0385188625
OCLC 9465520
792.9/5
LC Class PN1707 .N58 1983
No Turn Unstoned: The Worst Ever Theatrical Reviews
Author Diana Rigg
Publisher Arrow Books
Publication date
1983
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Pages291 pp
ISBN 0-09-932270-6
OCLC 12469412
792.9/5

No Turn Unstoned is a collection of "the worst ever theatrical reviews" compiled by the actress Diana Rigg. [1] The first edition, published in the United Kingdom by Elm Tree Books in 1982 and in the United States by Doubleday, was followed by a paperback edition in 1983.

Contents

Rigg wrote to her many friends and acquaintances in the theatre and film industries and asked them to share their worst-ever reviews. She also researched theatre criticism and surviving comments from as far back as Ancient Greece. [2] During the early 1990s, Rigg toured university campuses, reading excerpts from the book. All of the proceeds from the speaking tour, and the book itself, were donated to a theatrical charity. [3]

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References

  1. Benjamin Ivry (11 September 2020). "The many Jewish lives of Diana Rigg". Forward.
  2. Holly Williams (15 August 2014). "Dame Diana Rigg, No Turn Unstoned, Assembly Checkpoint, Edinburgh, review: 'Richly entertaining'" . The Independent. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022.
  3. Gabrielle Pickard Whitehead (12 August 2014). "Dame Diana Rigg's No Turn Unstoned comes to the Duchess Theatre". Shows in London.