Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World
by Simon Callow
- New
- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 034580323X
- ISBN 13
- 9780345803238
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About This Item
Dickens was one of the first true celebrity authors. Thousands of fans in Britain and America eagerly awaited each new installment of his stories and flocked to see him on his legendary speaking tours. Not only did he create an incredible cast of characters on the page, but he was also a dazzling mimic and storyteller, and he wrote, stage-managed, and acted in plays for the public. Throughout his life, from his childhood performances in pubs to his legendarily powerful reading tours, Dickens was fanatical about the stage. Callow reveals Dickens's genius on and off the page and offers a compelling insight into a life that was driven as much by performance and showmanship as by literature.
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Simon Callow is an actor, director, and writer. He has appeared in many films, including the hugely popular Four Weddings and a Funeral. His books include Being an Actor , Shooting the Actor , a highly acclaimed biography of Charles Laughton, a biographical trilogy on Orson Welles (of which the first two parts have now been published), and Love Is Where It Falls , an account of his friendship with the great play agent Peggy Ramsay. His most recent book, My Life in Pieces , won the Sheridan Morley Prize in 2011. www.simoncallow.com
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- Bookseller
- Lemolo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 785
- Title
- Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World
- Author
- Simon Callow
- Format/Binding
- New book but minor shelf ware, yellow end pages
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 034580323X
- ISBN 13
- 9780345803238
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York, Ny
- Date Published
- 2012-08-07
- Pages
- 384
- Keywords
- biography, charles dickens, british, stage,
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- Non Fiction Books;
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