Vanessa : the life of Vanessa Redgrave
Callahan, Dan, 1977-2014
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Who isn't in awe of Vanessa Redgrave? Her career on stage and screen remains vital and her extreme-left political stands are still quite controversial. This is the moment, and this is the biography, to take stock of Vanessa Redgrave both as actress and as political activist with a critical, objective study of her life and career. It is also time to account for her unparalleled achievements as an empathetic actress of considerable genius. Anyone who has seen Redgrave in her numerous stage and film roles will know why she is the very best we have. The radiant, fearless, daring, perverse and always unpredictable Redgrave is the brightest light in the forest of her famous family.
Main title:
Vanessa : the life of Vanessa Redgrave / Dan Callahan.
Author:
Imprint:
New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2014.
Collation:
343 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-328) and index.
Contents:
Michael: Mask or Face -- Vanessa: A Great Actress is Born -- Rosalind and Tony -- Swinging Vanessa -- Isadora -- Trojan Women and Devils -- Keeping Left -- Ellida and Julia -- Playing for Time -- TV and the Boston Symphony Case -- The Bostonians -- Michael -- Healy's Ouster -- Features Again and TV -- Second Serve -- The Classics and Peggy -- Orpheus -- Lynn -- The Ballad of the Sad Cafe -- Howards End -- A Memoir, Margaritas, and Mrs. Dalloway -- If These Walls Could Talk 2 -- Chechnya and Lady Windermere -- Long Day's Journey and The Fever -- The Year of Magical Thinking -- Natasha -- On Top of the Mountain -- Coda.
ISBN:
97816059883069781605985572
Dewey class:
791.43028092791.43028
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
259208
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Biography | 791.43028 RED | Available |