Shattered applause [[electronic resource] ] : the lives of Eva Le Gallienne

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910820542803321
• Autore: Schanke Robert A
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2010
• ISBN: 1-280-69741-5; 0-8093-8600-3; 9786613674371; 0-585-10586-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (346 p.)
• Disciplina: 792.028092; 792/.028/092
• Soggetti: Actors -- United States -- Biography; Le Gallienne, Eva, 1899-1991; Lesbians -- United States -- Biography
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Water Baby; 2. Mad about Her; 3. Tout Sera Bien (All Shall Be Well); 4. Abbess of Fourteenth Street; 5. My Life in Two; 6. The Greater Depression; Gallery of Illustrations; 7. Beyond Joy; 8. Buying Some Freedom; 9. The Queen Is Back; 10. Exit the Queen; 11. The Comeback Kid; 12. Winter Bound; Appendix A: Works by Eva Le Gallienne; Appendix B: Production Record of Eva Le Gallienne; Notes; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: This comprehensive biography of the actress film critic Rex Reed called "a national treasure" draws on Robert A. Schanke's interviews and correspondence not only with Eva Le Gallienne but also with more than one hundred of her colleagues and friends, including Glenda Jackson, Burgess Meredith, Eli Wallach, Peter Falk, Ellen Burstyn, Anne Jackson, Farley Granger, Jane Alexander, Uta Hagen, and Rosemary Harris. Forty-two illustrations offer highlights of Le Gallienne's many notable performances in such plays as Hedda Gabler, Liliom, The Cherry Orchard, Pe