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 surroundings—including the actors’ private homes and theatre dressing rooms between performances—these 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 include
·Dame Eileen Atkins
·Isla Blair
·Simon Callow
·Dame Joan Collins
·Peggy Cummins
·Sinéad Cusack
·Samantha Eggar
·Stephen Fry
·Julian Glover
·Stephen Greif
·Jeremy Irons
·Sir Derek Jacobi
·Felicity Kendal
·Sir Ben Kingsley
·Dame Angela Lansbury
·Sir John Mills
·Alfred Molina
·Lynn Redgrave
·Jean Simmons
·David Suchet
·Richard Todd
·Michael York
Designed to serve as a resource for those studying or writing about the worlds of theatre and film in general—and the art and craft of acting, specifically—Great Britons of Stage and Screen will also appeal to the many fans of the artists who have entertained audiences for decades.
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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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Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Foreword by Robert Osborne
Preface
1.Dame Eileen Atkins
2.Isla Blair
3.Simon Callow
4.Joan Collins
5.Peggy Cummins
6.Sinéad Cusack
7.Samantha Eggar
8.Stephen Fry
9.Julian Glover
10.Stephen Greif
11.Jeremy Irons
12.Sir Derek Jacobi
13.Felicity Kendal
14.Sir Ben Kingsley
15.Dame Angela Lansbury
16.Sir John Mills
17.Alfred Molina
18.Lynn Redgrave
19.Jean Simmons
20.David Suchet
21.Richard Todd
22.Michael York
Afterword: Kevin Brownlow
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
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Barbara Roisman Cooper presents interviews she personally conducted with more than twenty stars of film, television, and theatre. Held in intimate surroundings-including the actors' private homes and theatre dressing rooms between performances-these interviews provide readers with a rounded understanding of the creative process and the dedication required to develop a performance. . . .At nearly 400 pages and with an hefty index, this represents quite a body of work with 28 interviews. . . .The questions are theatrical, not in a wild sense but in the sense of trying to get to the nub of what these people see as 'acting', there are none of the celebrity and lifestyle questions that so often dominate interviews, these are the questions anyone who loves the art of theatre would want to ask .... and Barbara Cooper gets the sort of answers we want to hear. . . .[I]t is the content that counts in this interesting book.
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ISBN
9781442246201
Publisert
2015-10-01
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Rowman & Littlefield
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748 gr
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239 mm
Bredde
163 mm
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3378 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
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Engelsk
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Antall sider
424
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