Great Britons of Stage and Screen - In Conversation

Featuring intimate interviews--many published for the first time--this book takes readers on a journey through the professional and personal lives of more than twenty British actors. Each interview is preceded by a short introduction and is followed by a list of the performer's major credits on stage, in film, and on television.

About the author

Barbara Roisman Cooper is a professional writer with more than fifty credits in various periodicals, including The Baker Street Journal and British Heritage. She is the coauthor of Straight from the Horse's Mouth (Scarecrow, 2003) with Ronald Neame and Anna Lee: A Life on General Hospital and in Film (2007), with Anna Lee.

Robert Osborne is the long-time host for Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and the author of 85 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards.

Kevin Brownlow is a British film historian, filmmaker, and author. In 2010 he received an honorary Academy Award for his work in film preservation.

Summary

Featuring intimate interviews--many published for the first time--this book takes readers on a journey through the professional and personal lives of more than twenty British actors. Each interview is preceded by a short introduction and is followed by a list of the performer's major credits on stage, in film, and on television.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Roisman Cooper, Barbara Roisman Cooper
• Assisted by: Osborne Robert (Foreword), Brownlow Kevin (Afterword)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2015
• EAN: 9781442246201
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-4620-1
• No. of pages: 424
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Television, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, 21st Century, Individual actors & performers, Films, cinema, Theatre Studies, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Theatre: individual actors & directors, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Individual actors and performers, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)