Description: Further DetailsTitle: Laurette Taylor, American Stage LegendCondition: NewEAN: 9780786459223ISBN: 9780786459223Publisher: McFarland & Co IncFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 10/30/2010Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Weight: 399gAuthor: Lynn KearGenre: Music Dance & TheatreDescription: 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.Topic: BiographyRelease Year: 2010 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Laurette Taylor, American Stage Legend
Title: Laurette Taylor, American Stage Legend
EAN: 9780786459223
ISBN: 9780786459223
Release Date: 10/30/2010
Release Year: 2010
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Music Dance & Theatre
Topic: Biography
Number of Pages: 286 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Laurette Taylor, American Stage Legend
Publisher: Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication Year: 2010
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: Theater / General, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Item Weight: 13.5 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Performing Arts, Biography & Autobiography
Author: Lynn Kear
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
