Lynn Kear

Laurette Taylor, American Stage Legend

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 471g
• ISBN-13: 9780786459223
• ISBN-10: 0786459220
• Artikelnr.: 30213638

Autorenporträt

Lynn Kear is an award-winning biographer, playwright, and novelist. She lives in Stone Mountain, Georgia.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Preface     
1. La Belle Laurette     
2. Charles Taylor     
3. J. Hartley Manners     
4. Peg o' My Heart     
5. After Peg     
6. Laurette in Hollywood     
7. After Hollywood     
8. The Longest Wake     
9. Outward Bound     
10. The Glass Menagerie           
11. Afterlife     
Appendix I: Filmography     
Appendix II: Selected Stage Appearances     
Appendix III: The Dying Wife by Laurette Taylor     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index