Katharine Cornell - A Bio-Bibliography

This reference summarizes and overviews the life and career of Katharine Cornell, one of the foremost actresses of the American stage from 1920 to 1960. The book begins with a biography that briefly discusses Cornell's life and achievements. A chronology then outlines the most significant events in her career. The chapters that follow provide detailed information on her stage appearances and radio, film, and television work. The credits, casts, synopses, brief histories, commentaries, and selected critical reviews are included for each of the plays in which she appeared. An extensive bibliography of books, journals, newspaper articles, and reviews provides a list of additional information about Cornell's life and career. Appendices list her awards and honors, the plays and films in which she declined to appear, and works authored by her.

List of contents

Preface
Biography
Chronology
Stage Appearances
Early Years
Broadway Years
Actress-Manager Years
Photo Essay
Radio, Film, Television, Recordings
Bibliography
Appendix A: Awards and Honors
Appendix B: Roles Miss Cornell Did Not Play
Appendix C: Book, Articles, Foreword by Cornell
Index

About the author

LUCILLE M. PEDERSON is an Associate Professor Emerita at the University of Cincinnati, where she taught in the Department of Communication. Her writings have appeared in Notable Women in the American Theatre (Greenwood Press, 1989) and in journals such as the Journal of Auditory Research, the British Journal of Audiology, and Communication Education.

Product details

• Authors: Lucille M. Pederson, Pederson Lucille M.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.12.1993
• EAN: 9780313277184
• ISBN: 978-0-313-27718-4
• Series: Bio-Bibliographies in the Performing Arts
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; USA, Popular Culture, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, Biography: arts & entertainment, Theatre Studies, Theatre: individual actors & directors, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Biography: arts and entertainment, Individual actors and performers, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Bibliographies, catalogues