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.

No Turn Unstoned: The Worst Ever Theatrical Reviews
AuthorDiana Rigg
PublisherElm Tree Books
Publication date
1982
Pages192 pp (first edition)
ISBN0-241-10855-1
OCLC10021707
792.9/5 19
LC ClassPN1707 .N59 1982
No Turn Unstoned: The Worst Ever Theatrical Reviews
AuthorDiana Rigg
CountryUnited States
PublisherDoubleday
Publication date
1983
Pages192 pp
ISBN0385188625
OCLC9465520
792.9/5
LC ClassPN1707 .N58 1983
No Turn Unstoned: The Worst Ever Theatrical Reviews
AuthorDiana Rigg
CountryUnited Kingdom
PublisherArrow Books
Publication date
1983
Pages291 pp
ISBN0-09-932270-6
OCLC12469412
792.9/5

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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  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.

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