wyszukanych pozycji: 23
My Life in Pieces: An Alternative Autobiography
ISBN: 9781848421714 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Now in paperback Winner of the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography. An alternative autobiography of the well-loved actor and man of the theater. In My Life in Pieces Simon Callow retraces his life through the multifarious performers, writers, productions, and events that have left their indelible mark on him. Now in paperback Winner of the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography. An alternative autobiography of the well-loved actor and man of the th... |
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77,22 zł |
Shooting the Actor
ISBN: 9780099471974 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A companion volume to Being an Actor, Callow's classic text about the experience of acting in the theatre, Shooting the Actor reveals the truth about film acting. The book describes his film work, from Amadeus to Four Weddings and a Funeral, from Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls to Shakespeare in Love.
A companion volume to Being an Actor, Callow's classic text about the experience of acting in the theatre, Shooting the Actor reveals the truth about ...
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87,48 zł |
Hello Americans
ISBN: 9780140275179 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) "Unfailingly intelligent and well written . . . Vivid and three-dimensional."--Variety
The first volume of Simon Callow's magisterial biography of Orson Welles was praised as a "splendidly entertaining, definitive work" by Entertainment Weekly. Now, this eagerly anticipated second volume examines the years following Citizen Kane up to the time of Macbeth, in which Welles's Hollywood film career unraveled. In close and colorful detail, Callow offers a scrupulous analysis of the factors involved, revealing the immense and sometimes self-defeating... "Unfailingly intelligent and well written . . . Vivid and three-dimensional."--Variety
The first volume of Simon Callow's mag... |
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104,08 zł |
The Night of the Hunter
ISBN: 9780851708225 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 79 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This is an examination of "The Night of the Hunter," Charles Laughton's only outing as a film director. It looks at the symbolism of the piece, at Willa, her throat cut sitting in the Model-T Ford, and the Preacher, a silhouetted threat on the horizon.
This is an examination of "The Night of the Hunter," Charles Laughton's only outing as a film director. It looks at the symbolism of the piece, at Wil...
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67,50 zł |
Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World
ISBN: 9780345803238 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) A short biography of Charles Dickens by acclaimed actor and writer Simon Callow that offers a fresh perspective on one of the greatest novelists in the English language in a lively, highly readable account. "It has all the gusto that a popular biography of Dickens a man who could do nothing by halves should possess. . . .The best biography for Dickens newcomers and a wonderful read for all." Library Journal
Dickens was one of the first true celebrity authors. Thousands of fans in Britain and America eagerly awaited each new installment of his stories and flocked to see him on his... A short biography of Charles Dickens by acclaimed actor and writer Simon Callow that offers a fresh perspective on one of the greatest novelists in th...
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78,06 zł |
Being An Actor
ISBN: 9780099471950 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Simon Callow traces his life as a stage actor, from the letter he wrote to Laurence Olivier that led him to his first job, to his triumph as Mozart in the original production of 'Amadeus'.
Simon Callow traces his life as a stage actor, from the letter he wrote to Laurence Olivier that led him to his first job, to his triumph as Mozart in...
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66,92 zł |
The Road to Xanadu
ISBN: 9780140254563 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 688 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) -A splendidly entertaining, definitive work.---Entertainment Weekly
In this first installment of his masterful biography, Simon Callow captures the chameleonic genius of Orson Welles as only an actor/director deeply rooted in the entertainment industry could. Here is Welles's prodigious childhood; his youth in New York, with its fraught partnership with John Houseman and the groundbreaking triumph of his all-black Macbeth; the pioneering radio work that culminated in the notorious 1938 broadcast of War of the Worlds; and finally, his work in Hollywood,... -A splendidly entertaining, definitive work.---Entertainment Weekly
In this first installment of his masterful biography, Simon Call... |
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104,08 zł |
Orson Welles, Volume 3: One-Man Band
ISBN: 9780099502838 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) An epic survey of Orson Welles' life and work. It shows what it was like to be around Welles, and, what it was like to be him, in which lies the answer to the old riddle: whatever happened to Orson Welles?
An epic survey of Orson Welles' life and work. It shows what it was like to be around Welles, and, what it was like to be him, in which lies the answe...
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87,52 zł |
Charles Laughton: A Difficult Actor
ISBN: 9780099581956 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) This is the fullest biography yet on the actor who brought to life such characters as the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Henry VIII and Captain Bligh and whose career spanned 50 films and 40 stage roles. Callow is himself a much admired actor and author.
This is the fullest biography yet on the actor who brought to life such characters as the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Henry VIII and Captain Bligh and wh...
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66,92 zł |
Orson Welles, Volume 1: The Road to Xanadu
ISBN: 9780099462514 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 656 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) This is the definitive biography of the young Orson Welles, from his prodigious childhood and youth and his triumphs with the Mercury Theatre, to the making of Citizen Kane.
This is the definitive biography of the young Orson Welles, from his prodigious childhood and youth and his triumphs with the Mercury Theatre, to the ...
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77,22 zł |
Being an Actor, Revised and Expanded Edition
ISBN: 9780312422431 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) A new edition of the classic book for actors starting their careers, with new material Few actors have ever been more eloquent, more honest, or more entertaining about their life and their profession than Simon Callow, one of the finest actors of his time and increasingly one of the most admired writers about the theater. Beginning with the letter to Laurence Olivier that produced his first theatrical job to his triumph as Mozart in the original production of Amadeus, Callow takes us with him on his progress through England's rich and demanding theater: his... A new edition of the classic book for actors starting their careers, with new material Few actors have ever been more eloquent, more h... |
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104,08 zł |
Acting in Restoration Comedy
ISBN: 9781557831194 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) (Applause Acting Series). The art of acting in restoration comedy, the buoyant, often bowdy romps which celebrated the reopening of the English theatres after Cromwell's dour reign, is the subject of Simon Callow's bold investigation. There is cause again to celebrate as Callow, one of Britain's foremost actors, aims to restore the form to all its original voluptuous vigor. Callow shows the way to attain clarity and hilarity in some of the most delightful roles ever conceived for the theatre.
(Applause Acting Series). The art of acting in restoration comedy, the buoyant, often bowdy romps which celebrated the reopening of the English theatr...
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82,35 zł |
Orson Welles, Volume 2 : Hello Americans
ISBN: 9780099462613 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Examining the years from 'Citizen Kane' to 'Macbeth' in which Orson Welles' Hollywood film career came apart, this volume offers an analysis of the factors involved, presenting the complexities of Welles' temperament and some of the personalities with whom he had to contend.
Examining the years from 'Citizen Kane' to 'Macbeth' in which Orson Welles' Hollywood film career came apart, this volume offers an analysis of the fa...
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114,83 zł |
Speak Its Name! Quotations by and about Gay Men and Women
ISBN: 9781855147256 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 366 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) This collection of quotations by and about gay people celebrates the advances of the international LGBT community over the past 50 years. Amusing observations by Noel Coward, Tallulah Bankhead, Quentin Crisp, Boy George and Ian McKellen are interspersed with interviews with Dusty Springfield, Alan Bennett, Freddie Mercury, Clive Barker, George Michael and William S. Burroughs, and diary entries by Kenneth Williams, Joe Orton, W.H. Auden and John Maynard Keynes. John Gielgud and Alan Turing's accounts of being arrested contrast with letters from Violet Trefusis to her lover Vita...
This collection of quotations by and about gay people celebrates the advances of the international LGBT community over the past 50 years. Amusing obse...
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108,19 zł |
The Incomparable Rex: Rex Harrison: The Last of the High Comedians
ISBN: 9781912574698 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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78,02 zł |
At Freddie's
ISBN: 9780544359482 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) "A jewel of a book." --Daily Mail
It is the 1960s, in London's West End, and Freddie is the formidable proprietress of the Temple Stage School, which supplies child actors for everything from Shakespeare to musicals to the Christmas pantomime. Of unknown age and provenance, Freddie is a skirt-swathed enigma--a woman who by sheer force of character and single-minded thrust has turned herself and her school into a national institution. Anyone who is anyone must know Freddie. Filled with unique and hilarious insights into the theatrical world, At Freddie's is a beguiling... "A jewel of a book." --Daily Mail
It is the 1960s, in London's West End, and Freddie is the formidable proprietress of the Temple Stage Sch... |
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73,68 zł |
Next Season
ISBN: 9781557832238 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) (Applause Books). Noted director Michael Blakemore is renowned for such Broadway successes as Joe Egg, Noises Off and City of Angels . In the introduction, Simon Callow says of Blakemore's book, "There have been remarkable novels of the theatre, but no other book has so truly depicted the creative anarchic excitement of acting. Next Season is the finest fictional celebration of the passionate craft of the actor ... about the demands and rewards of acting, what it takes from you, what it gives you back. Acting as work, work as possion " "An outstanding theatre novel ... extremely readable and...
(Applause Books). Noted director Michael Blakemore is renowned for such Broadway successes as Joe Egg, Noises Off and City of Angels . In the introduc...
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73,68 zł |
Love Stories: Art, Passion & Tragedy
ISBN: 9781855147034 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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154,26 zł |
Marching Song: A Play
ISBN: 9781538125526 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Marching Song is a play written by Orson Welles and Roger Hill about the abolitionist, John Brown. Welles and Hill collaborated on the play when Welles was seventeen and attending the Todd School for Boys, where Hill was the head schoolmaster.
Marching Song is a play written by Orson Welles and Roger Hill about the abolitionist, John Brown. Welles and Hill collaborated on the play when Welle...
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164,12 zł |
London's Great Theatres
ISBN: 9783791383866 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Peek behind the curtains of London's iconic theatres with acclaimed actor Simon Callow as your personal guide.
Peek behind the curtains of London's iconic theatres with acclaimed actor Simon Callow as your personal guide.
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154,47 zł |