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Conversations with Peter Brook: 1970-2000
Theatre Communications Group 2010; US$ 16.95An extended conversation with one of the giants of twentieth-century theater. more...
Alan Rickman: The Unauthorised Biography
Ebury Publishing 2012; US$ 14.67In this revised and updated biography, Maureen Paton encompasses the private, professional and political life of this most enigmatic, charismatic and intensely private of actors. more...
Harry H Corbett
The History Press 2011; US$ 29.17Harry H Corbett rose from the slums of Manchester to become one of the best-known television stars of the 20th century. Widely respected as a classical stage actor, he became a leading light in Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop until his life was changed forever by the television comedy Steptoe and Son. Overnight he became a household name as the... more...
The World According to Joan
Constable & Robinson 2012; US$ 11.65Witty, clever and beautiful, Joan Collins possesses a singular star quality that has come to define what it means to be a living legend. As an actress, author and producer she has built a career that places her in the unrivalled ranks of an international icon.In The World According to Joan she shares her life experience with her trademark humour and... more...
Bounder
Aurum Press 2009; US$ 13.11With his sly little moustache, broad gap-toothed grin, garish waistcoats and ostentatious cigarette holder, Terry-Thomas was known as an absolute bounder, both onscreen and off. Graham McCann?s hugely entertaining biography celebrates the life and career of a very English rascal. Born in 1911 into an ordinary suburban family, Thomas Terry Hoar-Stevens... more...
This Heart Within Me Burns: Crissy Rock
John Blake 2012; US$ 7.99Crissy Rock is an actress and comedian best known for her role in cult comedy TV hit Benidorm and for playing Maggie Conlon in Ladybird Ladybird. But Crissy?s path to success was far from easy. Born and bred in the backstreets of Liverpool, her poor but idyllic young life was plunged into darkness at the age of eight, when her grandfather began... more...
Greta Garbo
Biteback Publishing 2012; US$ 26.24In the male-oriented studio system, Greta Garbo wielded a power no other actress has ever possessed, before or since. Be it producer, director, lover or journalist, Garbo called the shots, and when she decided that she was done with the whirlwind of life as Hollywood?s darling she withdrew completely, leaving her public begging for an encore that... more...
Early Modern Encounters with the Islamic East
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 99.95An exploration of early modern encounters between Christian Europe and the (Islamic) East from the perspective of performance studies and performativity theories, this collection offers new perspectives on how these cultural contacts were acted out on the real and metaphorical stages of theatre, literature, music, diplomacy and travel. more...
Das Theater im Literaturstaat
De Gruyter 1992; US$ 133.00Das Theater im Literaturstaat : Literarisches Theater auf dem Weg zur Bildungsmacht more...
Tom Hardy
John Blake 2012; US$ 14.99From playing a rogue agent in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy , to taking on the role of villainous Bane in Batman: The Dark Knight Rises ?an in-depth look the versatile and edgy actor With his raw talent, edginess, and ability to utterly inhabit the characters he plays, Tom Hardy is well on his way to becoming the finest actor of his generation. With... more...









