Actors' Lives
Actors' Lives

Author: Holly Hill

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13:

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Interviews with twenty well-established American actors including Olympia Dukakis and James Earl Jones. A mosaic of American stage experience from the Fifies to the Nineties, covering the advent of television, the flourishing of the resident theatre movement, the development of nontraditional casting and the rise of theatres dedicated to fostering and exploring the heritage of artists of specific ethnicity, gender or disability.

Eight Women of the American Stage
Eight Women of the American Stage

Author: Roy Harris

Publisher: Heinemann Drama

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13:

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A highly readable, informative book about the professional lives of some of the foremost actresses working in theatre and film today.

Performance of the Century
Performance of the Century

Author: Robert Simonson

Publisher: Applause Books

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781557838377

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PERFORMANCE OF THE CENTURY: 100 YEARS OF ACTORS EQUITY ASSOCIATION AND THE RISE OF PROF

Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope
Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope

Author: Micki Grant

Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.

Published: 1972

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9780573680809

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"This dynamic mixture of rock, calypso and ballads features a dozen singer-dancers in 20 numbers. In revue-style format, Don't Bother Me ... explores the African American experience through vibrant song and dance."--Publisher

Laurette Taylor, American Stage Legend
Laurette Taylor, American Stage Legend

Author: Lynn Kear

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-01-10

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 0786461934

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How did Laurette Taylor (1884-1946) become America's most celebrated actress? What training and experience led to her first stage success, Peg o' My Heart, in 1912? How did her failed 1920s silent film career influence her stage technique? What was so remarkable about her portrayal of Amanda Wingfield in the original 1945 Broadway production of The Glass Menagerie that many actors and critics have proclaimed her performance as the greatest they have ever seen, before or since? How did alcoholism affect her career? And why has it been so difficult to tell her story on stage and screen? This biography offers fascinating new insights into the life and craft of Laurette Taylor. Included is a very short play written by the actress, entitled The Dying Wife.