Great Britons of Stage and Screen (eBook)

In Conversation

Barbara Roisman Cooper (Autor)

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2015
424 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-4621-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Featuring intimate interviews--many published for the first time--this book takes readers on a journey through the professional and personal lives of more than twenty British actors. Each interview is preceded by a short introduction and is followed by a list of the performer’s major credits on stage, in film, and on television.

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Although there are encyclopedias and biographical dictionaries of contemporary British film and theatre actors, most lack the intimacy of face-to-face interviews. Typically drawn from secondary sources, collections of interviews often repeat tired anecdotes about an actor's film or stage roles, with very little nuance or fresh insights. Great Britons of Stage and Screen: In Conversation features interviews with some of the leading actors of the last fifty years and more. In this collection, Barbara Roisman Cooper presents interviews she personally conducted with more than twenty stars of film, television, and theatre. Held in intimate surroundingsincluding the actors' private homes and theatre dressing rooms between performancesthese interviews provide readers with a rounded understanding of the creative process and the dedication required to develop a performance. Including many well-known Oscar, Tony, Olivier, and BAFTA winners, each interview is preceded by a short introduction and followed by the performer's most significant credits, both on the stage and screen. The actors and actresses who shared their stories in this volume includeDame Eileen AtkinsIsla BlairSimon CallowDame Joan CollinsPeggy CumminsSinead CusackSamantha EggarStephen FryJulian GloverStephen GreifJeremy IronsSir Derek JacobiFelicity KendalSir Ben KingsleyDame Angela LansburySir John MillsAlfred MolinaLynn RedgraveJean SimmonsDavid SuchetRichard ToddMichael YorkDesigned to serve as a resource for those studying or writing about the worlds of theatre and film in generaland the art and craft of acting, specificallyGreat Britons of Stage and Screen will also appealto the many fans of the artists who have entertained audiences for decades.

Autor

Barbara Roisman Cooper is a professional writer with more than fifty credits in various periodicals, including The Baker Street Journal and British Heritage. She is the coauthor of Straight from the Horse’s Mouth (Scarecrow, 2003) with Ronald Neame and Anna Lee: A Life on General Hospital and in Film (2007), with Anna Lee.Robert Osborne is the long-time host for Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and the author of 85 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards.Kevin Brownlow is a British film historian, filmmaker, and author. In 2010 he received an honorary Academy Award for his work in film preservation.

Inhalt

AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsForeword by Robert OsbornePrefaceDame Eileen AtkinsIsla BlairSimon CallowJoan CollinsPeggy CumminsSinéad CusackSamantha EggarStephen FryJulian GloverStephen GreifJeremy IronsSir Derek JacobiFelicity KendalSir Ben KingsleyDame Angela LansburySir John MillsAlfred MolinaLynn RedgraveJean SimmonsDavid SuchetRichard ToddMichael YorkAfterword: Kevin BrownlowBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.10.2015
• Nachwort: Kevin Brownlow
• Vorwort: Robert Osborne
• Zusatzinfo: 30 Illustrations including: - 30 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Actors • Actresses • Cinema • Film • Interviews • motion pictures • Movies • Theater • Theatre • TV
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-4621-9 / 1442246219
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-4621-8 / 9781442246218