An exuberant and entertaining biography of Charles Dickens that captures the essence of the great novelist.
1000 tulosta hakusanalla Simon Callow.
The perfect introduction to the Master.
A brilliant biography of the young Orson Welles, from his prodigious childhood and youth, his triumphs with the Mercury Theatre, to the making of Citizen Kane. Vivid, vastly ent...
The reason for the decline of Orson Welles's career is a hotly debated issue, but decline it certainly did. But instead of marking the beginning of a triumphant career in Hollyw...
Callow discusses his occasionally ambivalent yet always passionate feelings about both film and theatre, conflicting sentiments partially resolved by his acclaimed return to the...
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.
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: whatev...
The creator of the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Henry VIII and Captain Bligh, Charles Laughton's career spans 50 films and 40 stage roles. Along the way we meet a galaxy of Hollywoo...
Orson Welles, Volume 1: The Road to Xanadu
Simon Callow · ISBN 9780140254563
Julkaistu 1997 Kieli englanti nidottu
"A splendidly entertaining, definitive work."--Entertainment Weekly In this first installment of his masterful biography, Simon Callow captures the chameleonic genius of Orson W...
Orson Welles, Volume 2: Hello Americans
Simon Callow · ISBN 9780140275179
Julkaistu 2007 Kieli englanti nidottu
"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...
Being an Actor, Revised and Expanded Edition
Simon Callow · ISBN 9780312422431
Julkaistu 2003 Kieli englanti nidottu
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 lif...
Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World
Simon Callow · ISBN 9780345803238
Julkaistu 2012 Kieli englanti nidottu
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 liv...
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...
Acting in Restoration Comedy
Simon Callow · ISBN 9781557830357
Julkaistu 1998 Kieli englanti sidottu
An alternative autobiography of the well-loved actor and man of the theatre, winner of the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography. In My Life in Pieces, Simon Callow recapt...
An alternative autobiography of the well-loved actor and man of the theatre, winner of the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography. In My Life in Pieces Simon Callow retrace...
Simon Callow's candid and moving memoir of his passionate friendship with legendary literary agent Peggy Ramsay. 'Exquisite... Perhaps the best theatrical memoir of our day' Dav...
Out at the Movies
Steven Davies; Simon Callow · ISBN 9780857304919
Julkaistu 2025 Kieli englanti pokkari
Over the decades, gay cinema has reflected the community's journey from persecution to emancipation to acceptance. Politicised dramas like Victim in the 60s, The Naked Civil Ser...
Before The Cradle Will Rock, before War of the Worlds, before Citizen Kane—there was Marching Song. At the age of 25 Orson Welles co-wrote, directed, and starred in Citizen Kane...
Conversations with Wilde
Merlin Holland; Simon Callow · ISBN 9781786782304
Julkaistu 2019 Kieli englanti sidottu
Renowned for his endlessly quotable pronouncements, Oscar Wilde cut a dashing figure in late Victorian London … until his tragic downfall resulting from an ill-judged libel acti...