Richard Buckle (1916–2001)

Author of Nijinsky

About the Author

Richard Buckle was one of the leading authorities on Diaghilev and the Ballet Russe. He was the ballet critic of the Observer and the Sunday Times in London and was a pallbearer at Nijinsky's funeral in 1950. He died in 2001.

Includes the names: Buckle Richard, ed. Richard Buckle, Edited By Richard Buckle

Works by Richard Buckle

Popular Recent

Nijinsky (1971) 144 copies, 1 review

Diaghilev (1979) 68 copies, 1 review

U and Non-U Revisited (1978) — Editor — 67 copies, 2 reviews

Harewood, Yorkshire: A Guide (1995) 43 copies, 1 review

George Balanchine: Ballet Master (1988) 40 copies

In the Wake of Diaghilev (1982) 22 copies

Buckle at the ballet (1980) 16 copies

Jacob Epstein, sculptor (1963) 13 copies

In search of Diaghilev (2021) 10 copies

Diaghilev: Costumes & Designs of the Ballets Russes (1978) 8 copies

The most upsetting woman: Autobiography:one (1981) 7 copies

Ballet (volume 11, issue 11, December 1951) 7 copies

The adventures of a ballet critic (1953) 7 copies

Epstein. [cat. exp.] Edinburgh Festival August 19-September 18 1961 (1961) 6 copies

Modern ballet design; a picture-book with notes 6 copies

Katherine Dunham her dancers, singers, musicians (1949) 5 copies

The Diaghilev Exhibition, [cat. exp.] Edinburgh Festival 1954 3 copies

John Innocent at Oxford (1939) 2 copies

Epstein drawings — Introduction — 2 copies

Costumes and Curtains from the Diaghilev and De Basil Ballets (1972) 1 copy

Alexandre Benois, Drawings for the Ballet 1 copy

Diaghilew (1984) 1 copy

The Observer Film Exhibition Sixty Years of Cinema (1956) 1 copy

The most upsetting woman, autobiography 1 1 copy

In the wake of Diaghilev, autobiography 2 1 copy

Nijinsky -- First 1st U.S. Printing (1971) 1 copy

The Diaghilev exhibition from the Edinburgh Festival, 1954 : catalogue 1 copy

Work Explorer

Associated Works

Let There Be Sculpture (1975) — Introduction, some editions — 42 copies

Dancing For Diaghilev (1960) — Editor — 38 copies

Tagged

Main Associated

0005) Nijinsky (4) 0021) Dance Writing / Critique (4) 0037) Office (7) 0055) Office Archive Room (5) 20th century (5) architecture (4) art (9) autobiography (5) ballet (34) Ballets Russes (9) biography (52) dance (41) dance reference (8) dancers (3) Diaghilev (7) England (6) English (6) English language (3) guidebook (5) history (9) humor (11) Kindle (5) language (7) music (7) Nijinsky (6) non-fiction (19) reference (4) Russia (8) travel (4) Vaslav Nijinsky (4)

Common Knowledge

Legal name: Buckle, Christopher Richard Sandford
Other names: BUCKLE, Christopher Richard Sandford
BUCKLE, Richard
Birthdate: 1916-08-06
Date of death: 2001-10-12
Gender: male
Education: Marlborough College
University of Oxford
Heatherley's School of Fine Art
Occupations: journalist
ballet critic
biographer
exhibition designer
writer
Organizations: Ballet (periodical)
The Observer
Sunday Times of London
Awards and honors: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1979)
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: Warcop, Westmorland, England, UK
Place of death: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
Associated Place (for map): England, UK

Members

Reviews

Featured Recent Thumbs

All Ratings
2
1
1
No Rating

6 reviews

jwhenderson 2,952 reviews

Diaghilev by Richard Buckle

Richard Buckle's biography of Diaghilev details his life from his childhood in St. Petersburg to his final days in his Paris suite, and a last visit from Coco Chanel. The relationships of a lifetime are intermingled with the excitement of premiere ballets and the revolution of music that Diaghilev helped to make.

Aug 18, 2015

cricketbats 349 reviews

Nijinsky by Richard Buckle

This isn't biography, exactly. I can't what it is -- not quite hagiography, although it comes close; it ain't journalism, and it's not criticism. It's not even internally reliable. It's amusing, though!

Mar 30, 2013 (Edited)

DinadansFriend 3,991 reviews

U and Non-U Revisited by Richard Buckle