Title:
Vanessa : the life of Vanessa Redgrave
Author:
Edition:
First Pegasus Books edition.
Publication Date:
2014
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2014.
©2014.
Physical Description:
343 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781605985572
Abstract:
Describes the life and career of the English stage, screen, and television actress and political activist from her early performances of Shakespeare to her Academy Award nomination for Howard's End.
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 Café -- 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.
Personal Subject:
Language:
English
