Drama - An Actor''s Education

Zusatztext "John Lithgow's memoir! Drama ! reminded me that the world is indeed all a stage and that professionals have some great ideas about how to perform on it." Informationen zum Autor John Lithgow is an award-winning actor who has starred on stage, film, and television. A New York Times bestselling author of eight books for children, he lives in New York and Los Angeles. Klappentext In this riveting and surprising personal history, John Lithgow shares a backstage view of a young actor's life and career. Before he gained fame with the film The World According to Garp , his early years were full of scenes both hilarious and bittersweet. The theater worlds of New York and London come alive as Lithgow relives his collaborations with renowned performers and directors, including Mike Nichols, Bob Fosse, Liv Ullmann, and Meryl Streep. Above all, Lithgow's memoir is a tribute to his most important influence: his father, Arthur Lithgow, who, as an actor, director, producer, and great lover of Shakespeare, brought theater to John's boyhood. Illuminating, funny, affecting, and thoroughly engrossing, Drama raises the curtain on the making of one of our most beloved actors. Zusammenfassung "A memoir as finely crafted as one of Lithgow’s performances." —Steve Martin Emmy Award-winner John Lithgow presents a charming, witty, and revealing memoir about his family, his work, and his life in Drama —an intimate story of insights and inspirational reflections from one of America’s most beloved actors. Lithgow pays tribute to his father, his greatest influence, and relives his collaborations with renowned performers and directors including Mike Nichols, Bob Fosse, Liv Ullmann, Meryl Streep, and Brian De Palma. A compelling reflection on the trials, triumphs, and changes across his long career, Lithgow’s Drama illuminates the inner life of a celebrated talent, and points the way forward for anyone aspiring to greatness in their own life. ...

Product details

• Authors: John Lithgow, Lithgow John
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.10.2012
• EAN: 9780061734984
• ISBN: 978-0-06-173498-4
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Philosophy, Memoirs, Individual artists, art monographs, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Gender studies: women and girls, Composers and songwriters, Biography: arts and entertainment, Film: styles and genres, Television: styles and genres, Film, television, radio genres: Drama, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Entertainment & Performing Arts, PERFORMING ARTS: Film & Video / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Music, ART: Women Artists, PERFORMING ARTS: Film / Genres / Comedy, PERFORMING ARTS: Television / Genres / Comedy, MUSIC: Essays, PERFORMING ARTS: Television / Genres / Drama, FILM STUDIES: ACTING, Film Studies / Acting