1、Man of the MomentAlan Ayckbourn第1页AbouttheAuthorAbouttheAuthorAlanAyckbournisanOlivier,TonyandMoliereAwardwinningplaywrightwhohaswritten75plays,morethanhalfofwhichhavebeenproducedinLondonsWestEndaswellasonBroadwayandaroundtheworld.Asanacclaimeddirector,hehasworkedextensivelyintheWestEndandhasalsorun
2、hisowncompanyattheNationalTheatre.Between1972and,hewastheArtisticDirectoroftheStephenJosephTheatre,Scarborough,wherethemajorityofhisworkhasandcontinuestobepremiered.第2页第3页TheinspirationforMan Of The Moment isafrequentlycitedtale,butonewhichhasalteredovertime.Themostaccurateversionisprobablythestoryh
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9、tion.第26页scrap第27页cling第28页shaken第29页outburst第30页sprinkle第31页pinion第32页infuriate第33页impotence第34页grunt第35页topple第36页ineffectually第37页第38页AlanAyckbournisanOlivier,TonyandMoliereAwardwinningplaywrightwhohaswritten75plays,morethanhalfofwhichhavebeenproducedinLondonsWestEndaswellasonBroadwayandaroundtheworld.Asanacclaimeddirector,hehasworkedextensivelyintheWestEndandhasalsorunhisowncompanyattheNationalTheatre.Between1972and,hewastheArtisticDirectoroftheStephenJosephTheatre,Scarborough,wherethemajorityofhisworkhasandcontinuestobepremiered.第39页第40页
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