Vanessa : the life of Vanessa Redgrave

Callahan, Dan 1977- (Author).

Summary: Describes the life and career of the English stage, screen, and television actress and political activist from her early performances of Shakespeare to her Academy Award nomination for Howard's End.

Record details

ISBN: 1605985570 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9781605985572 (hardcover) :
Physical Description: 343 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Edition: First Pegasus Books edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-328) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Michael : mask or face -- Vanessa : a great actress is born -- Rosalind and Tony -- Swinging Vanessa -- Isadora -- Trojan Women and Devils -- Keeping left -- Ellida and Julia -- Playing for time -- TV and the Boston Symphony case -- The Bostonians -- Michael -- Healy's ouster -- Features again and TV -- Second serve -- The classics and Peggy == Orpheus -- Lynn -- The ballad of the Sad Caf©♭ -- Howards End -- A memoir, margaritas, and Mrs. Dalloway -- If these walls could talk 2 -- Chechnya and Lady Windermere -- Long day's journey and The fever -- The year of magical thinking -- Natasha -- On top of the mountain.