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Actress and human rights activist Judd has recorded her experiences
both abroad and at home in journal entries, which she has woven
into a highly personal and powerful memoir about change, hope, and
human transformation. This edition of the "New York Times"
bestseller features a new Afterword by Judd.
This book, a companion to the author's Pierrot: A Critical History
of a Mask (Princeton, 1978), provides a detailed history of
nineteenth-century French pantomime, from the feeries of
Jean-Gaspard Deburau at the Theatre des Funambules to the cabaret
entertainments of Georges Wague at the height of la Belle Epoque.
Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the
latest print-on-demand technology to again make available
previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of
Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original
texts of these important books while presenting them in durable
paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy
Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage
found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University
Press since its founding in 1905.
Through a study of the actress' films, records and writings, Gerda
Taranow reconstructs the rigorously developed artistry that lay
behind the superb performances. Analyzing each histrionic element
and discussing repertoire she shows how Bernhardt adapted the
techniques learned at the Conservatoire and in the theatre to her
own particular strengths and limitations. Originally published in
1972. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand
technology to again make available previously out-of-print books
from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These editions preserve the original texts of these important books
while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.
The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase
access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of
books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in
1905.
Sarah Bernhardt, London, his own acting--Edwin Booth commented on
these and hundreds of other subjects in letters to William Winter,
friend of twenty years and drama critic for the New York Tribune.
Since he wrote neither autobiography nor diary, the letters
constitute the fullest and most detailed record of Booth's career
between 1869 and 1890, and arc a new and significant source of
information about the actor. The 125 letters which Daniel
Watermeier has selected and arranged in this volume are fully
annotated; each is preceded by a headnote which provides an
introduction to its content and narrative continuity from one
letter to the next. Mr. Watermeier's introduction includes
biographical sketches of Edwin Booth and William Winter and sets
the context of their friendship. With few exceptions, the
Booth-Winter letters have not hitherto been made public. They
represent a major addition to studies of Edwin Booth and to the
history of the American theater. Originally published in 1971. The
Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology
to again make available previously out-of-print books from the
distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These
editions preserve the original texts of these important books while
presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The
goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access
to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books
published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
This account of Thomas Sheridan's career as theater manager has
been based on biographies written by his contemporaries, on
18th-century newspapers and pamphlets, and on letters written to
and by Sheridan. The author also gives us much new information
about Sheridan's relations with David Garrick. In an appendix, the
author has included a Smock-Alley Calendar, giving a daily record
of performances and casts. Most of the material in the Calendar has
not been collected before and should be invaluable to theater
historians. Originally published in 1967. The Princeton Legacy
Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make
available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished
backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the
original texts of these important books while presenting them in
durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton
Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly
heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton
University Press since its founding in 1905.
Long considered lost, these extensive interviews between legendary
"Rolling Stone" journalist Paul Nelson and Clint Eastwood were
discovered after Nelson's death in 2006. Clint Eastwood has forged
a remarkable career as a movie star, director, producer and
composer. These newly discovered conversations with legendary
journalist Paul Nelson return us to a point when, still acting in
other people's films, Eastwood was honing his directorial craft on
a series of inexpensive films that he brought in under budget and
ahead of schedule. Operating largely beneath the critical radar, he
made his movies swiftly and inexpensively. Few of his critics then
could have predicted that Eastwood the actor and director would
ever be taken as seriously as he is today. But Paul Nelson did. The
interviews were conducted from 1979 through 1983. Eastwood talks
openly and without illusions about his early career as an actor,
old Hollywood, and his formative years as a director, his influence
and what he learned along the way as an actor - lessons that helped
him become the director he is today. "Conversations with Clint"
provides a fresh and vivid perspective on the life and work of this
most American of movie icons.
(Applause Books). Bill Marx is the last living person to have
worked professionally with the three Marx Brothers, his uncles
Chico and Groucho and his father, Harpo Marx. Because Chico and
Groucho had siblings that had written about them, Bill Marx wanted
to complete the Marx Brothers' literary trifecta by authoring a
book about the personal and professional relationships that he had
with his father. Son of Harpo Speaks , in addition to offering a
unique perspective of a very special man and revealing many stories
never before in print, is also a book about a
"too-Hollywood-to-believe" life-altering quirk of fate that
ultimately brought him together with his parents. The background
for this remarkable revelation unfolded unassumingly over a glass
of wine and some conversation in the famous 1960s nightclub, Dino's
Lodge, on Hollywood's Sunset Strip. It would subsequently lead the
author to explore the complex life task of dealing with his
emotional scars of rejection and the secure feelings of acceptance,
the latter due to his overwhelmingly good fortune of having been
adopted by two loving parents. Plenty of "show-biz" and "sizzle"
are also sprinkled throughout to make for a very enjoyable read.
Film icon Pam Grier finally pulls back the curtain on her turbulent
and fascinating life . . .
FOXY
Some may know her as hot, gutsy, gun-totin' Foxy Brown, Friday
Foster, Coffy, and Jackie Brown. Others may know her from her role
as Kit Porter on "The L Word." But that only defines one part of
the legend that is Pam Grier.
Foxy is Pam's testimony of her life, past and present. In it, she
reveals her relationships with Richard Pryor, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,
and Freddie Prinze Sr., among others. She unveils her experiences
as a backup singer and a blaxploitation star. In particularly
candid and shocking chapters, she shares-for the first time-her
view of those films and the persecution that blacks, especially
women, needed to endure to make a name for themselves . . .
including how it felt to be labeled one of the most beautiful women
alive, yet not be permitted to try on clothes in a department store
because of the color of her skin. And in words sure to inspire
many, she tells the story of her ongoing battle with cancer.
From her disappointments to her triumphs, nothing is held back.
With FOXY, Pam wishes to impart life lessons to her readers-and
hopes to touch their hearts.
'Mary careens across these pages with her usual wit, wisdom and
honesty' - Julie Andrews '[A] thoughtful chronicle of one woman's
journey through experience to understanding - and a lot of fun to
read' - The Washington Post 'Pure pleasure . . . jaw-droppingly
shocking' - Daniel Okrent, The New York Times The wonderfully
funny, candid and outrageous NYT bestselling memoirs of Mary
Rodgers - writer, composer, Broadway royalty, and 'a woman who
tried everything.' Mary Rodgers was the daughter of Richard
Rodgers, who, with Oscar Hammerstein, wrote some of the biggest
musicals of the 20th century-from Oklahoma! and Carousel to South
Pacific and The King and I. Shy is the story of how Mary went from
angry child, constrained by a self-absorbed mother and her father's
overwhelming gift, to finally living life on her own terms-falling
in love, often unwisely, marrying twice, having six children, and
forging a career of her own. Through her long and rich life Mary
grabbed every chance possible-and then some. Her musical Once Upon
A Mattress remains one of the rare revivable Broadway hits written
by a woman. She was the renowned author of the much-loved Freaky
Friday books, as well as a close friend and collaborator of Stephen
Sondheim, falling in love with him at 13 over a game of chess. She
also dated producer Hal Prince and worked alongside composer and
conductor Leonard Bernstein. With copious annotations,
contradictions, and interruptions from Mary's collaborator Jesse
Green, the chief theatre critic of The New York Times, the result
is laugh-out-loud funny and frequently moving. Above all, Shy is a
chance to sit at the feet of the kind of woman they don't make any
more. They make themselves.
This book engages with the relationship between ruins,
dilapidation, and abandonment and cultural events performed within
such spaces. Following the author's fieldwork in the UK, Bosnia
Herzegovina, Poland, Germany, Greece, and Sicily, chapters
describe, investigate, and reflect upon live performance events
which have taken place in sites of decay and abandonment. The
book's main focus is upon modern economic ruins and ruins of
warfare. Each chapter provides several case studies based upon the
author's own site visits and interviews with actors, directors,
producers, curators, writers, and other artists. The book
contextualises these events within the wider framework of Ruin
Studies and provides brief summaries of how we might understand the
ruin in terms of time, politics, culture, and atmospheres. The book
is particularly preoccupied with artists' reasons and motivations
for placing performance events in ruined spaces and how these work
dramaturgically.
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