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32 produkter
Being Wagner
The Triumph of the Will
Av Simon Callow
Häftad, 2018
139 kr
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The perfect introduction to the Master.Over a century after his death, Richard Wagner’s music dramas stand at the centre of the culture of classical music. He was a walking contradiction: aggressive, flirtatious, disciplined, capricious, heroic, visionary and poisonously anti-Semitic. His ten great …
Love Letter to Europe
An outpouring of sadness and hope – Mary Beard, Shami Chakrabati, Sebastian Faulks, Neil Gaiman, Ruth Jones, J.K. Rowling, Sandi Toksvig and others
Av Frank Cottrell Boyce, William Dalrymple m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
134 kr
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How are great turning points in history experienced by individuals?As Britain pulls away from Europe great British writers come together to give voice to their innermost feelings. These writers include novelists, writers of books for children, of comic books, humourists, historians, biographers, …
Charles Dickens
Av Simon Callow
Häftad, 2012
176 kr
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An exuberant and entertaining biography of Charles Dickens that captures the essence of the great novelist.Simon Callow‘s sparkling biography explores the central importance of the theatre to the life of the greatest storyteller in the English language.From his early years as a child entertainer in …
Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World
Av Simon Callow
Ljudbok, 2012
227 kr
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A short life of Dickens which celebrates the impact of the theatre on his life and workAcclaimed actor and writer Simon Callow captures the essence of Charles Dickens in a sparkling biography that explores the central importance of the theatre to the life of the greatest storyteller in the English …
Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World
Av Simon Callow
E-bok, 2012
102 kr
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An entertaining biography of Dickens by one of our finest actorsAcclaimed actor and writer Simon Callow captures the essence of Charles Dickens in a sparkling biography that explores the central importance of the theatre to the life of the greatest storyteller in the English language.From his early …
Being Wagner
The Triumph of the Will
Av Simon Callow
E-bok, 2017
33 kr
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The life and legacy of one of music’s most influential figures.During a wildly unpredictable sixty-nine year life, Richard Wagner became the hero of his era and the official protagonist of a new unified Germany: his music was its music. The architect of the vast four-day, fifteen-hour epic, he …
Being Wagner
The Triumph of the Will
Av Simon Callow
Ljudbok, 2017
202 kr
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The perfect introduction to the Master.Over a century after his death, Richard Wagner’s music dramas stand at the centre of the culture of classical music. He was a walking contradiction: aggressive, flirtatious, disciplined, capricious, heroic, visionary and poisonously anti-Semitic. His ten great …
Orson Welles
The Road to Xanadu
Av Simon Callow
Ljudbok, 2017
202 kr
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Insightful, incisive & enlightening, the first volume of Simon Callow''s comprehensive biography of Orson Welles.Now in abridged audio, Callow''s vastly entertaining chronicle of Welles''s first 26 years seems even finer than it did in 1995. The author''s ability to skewer his subject''s evasions …
Orson Welles, Volume 1
The Road to Xanadu
Av Simon Callow
Häftad, 1996
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
238 kr
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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 entertaining, this is the definitive Welles biography.
Orson Welles, Volume 2
Hello Americans
Av Simon Callow
Häftad, 2007
243 kr
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The reason for the decline of Orson Welles's career is a hotly debated issue, but decline it certainly did. When Citizen Kane, his first film, opened in 1941, Welles was universally acclaimed as the most audacious filmmaker alive. But instead of marking the beginning of a triumphant career in …
Orson Welles, Volume 3
One-Man Band
Av Simon Callow
Häftad, 2016
198 kr
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In One-Man Band, the third volume in his epic survey of Orson Welles’ life and work, Simon Callow again probes in comprehensive and penetrating detail into one of the most complex artists of the twentieth century, looking closely at the triumphs and failures of an ambitious one-man assault on one …
Charles Laughton
A Difficult Actor
Av Simon Callow
Häftad, 2012
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
165 kr
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The creator of the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Henry VIII and Captain Bligh, Charles Laughton's career spans 50 films and 40 stage roles. This entralling biography follows him from his parents' hotel in Scarborough to his climactic assumption of the role of King Lear in Statford at the end of his …
Being Wagner: The Story of the Most Provocative Composer Who Ever Lived
Av Simon Callow
Häftad, 2018
283 kr
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Night of the Hunter
Av Simon Callow
Häftad, 2000
176 kr
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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.
Orson Welles, Volume 1
The Road to Xanadu
Av Simon Callow
E-bok, 2011
204 kr
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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 entertaining, this is the definitive Welles biography.
Orson Welles, Volume 2
Hello Americans
Av Simon Callow
E-bok, 2011
204 kr
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The reason for the decline of Orson Welles's career is a hotly debated issue, but decline it certainly did. When Citizen Kane, his first film, opened in 1941, Welles was universally acclaimed as the most audacious filmmaker alive. But instead of marking the beginning of a triumphant career in …
Shooting the Actor
Av Simon Callow
E-bok, 2012
147 kr
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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 …
Charles Laughton
A Difficult Actor
Av Simon Callow
E-bok, 2012
125 kr
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The creator of the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Henry VIII and Captain Bligh, Charles Laughton's career spans 50 films and 40 stage roles. This entralling biography follows him from his parents' hotel in Scarborough to his climactic assumption of the role of King Lear in Statford at the end of his …
Orson Welles, Volume 3
One-Man Band
Av Simon Callow
E-bok, 2015
147 kr
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In One-Man Band, the third volume in his epic survey of Orson Welles’ life and work, Simon Callow again probes in comprehensive and penetrating detail into one of the most complex artists of the twentieth century, looking closely at the triumphs and failures of an ambitious one-man assault on one …
Love Letter to Europe
An outpouring of sadness and hope – Mary Beard, Shami Chakrabati, Sebastian Faulks, Neil Gaiman, Ruth Jones, J.K. Rowling, Sandi Toksvig and others
Av Lindsey Davis, Peter J Conradi m. fl.
E-bok, 2019
79 kr
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How are great turning points in history experienced by individuals? As Britain pulls away from Europe great British writers come together to give voice to their innermost feelings. These writers include novelists, writers of books for children, of comic books, humourists, historians, biographers, …
Acting In Restoration Comedy
Häftad, 1991
227 kr
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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 …
Night of the Hunter
Av Simon Callow
E-bok, 2019
215 kr
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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.
Night of the Hunter
Av Simon Callow
E-bok, 2019
215 kr
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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.
Night of the Hunter
Av Simon Callow
Häftad, 2026
200 kr
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The Night of the Hunter (1955) was Charles Laughton's only film as director. Part expressionist horror movie, part luminous fairy tale, it contains some of the most haunting images in cinema. Willa (Shelley Winters) her throat cut and hair streaming out like seaweed, sitting upright in a submerged …
My Life in Pieces
An Alternative Autobiography
Av Simon Callow
Häftad, 2011
167 kr
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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 retraces his life through the multifarious performers, writers, productions and events which have left their indelible mark on …
Love Stories
Art, Passion & Tragedy
Av Louise Stewart, Peter Funnell m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
307 kr
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The National Portrait Gallery’s collections hold numerous portraits of creative partnerships. This book looks at the extensive collection of the Gallery and explores the role of love and the people featured both as sitters and artists. Drawing on recent scholarship, the exhibition will explore …
