Noel, Tallulah, Cole, and Me: A Memoir of Broadway's Golden Age
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.52 (719 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1442255722 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 338 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Hischak is an internationally recognized author and teacher in the performing arts. Macauley has worked extensively as a senior executive advisor in international corporate communications and corporate affairs strategy, representing individuals and companies throughout the world.. Wilson Archive. He is the author of more than twenty books about film, popular music, and theatre, including The Oxford Companion to the American Musical, The Oxfor
A Five Star Theatre Book Gary R.Planck This is a well written and edited book that those interested in the theatre, and especially in Noel Coward and his friends, will enjoy reading. The photographs are great, too. How anyone can give it a one star rating is unbelievable. Mr. Wilson's long awaited autobiography is fascinating from beginning to end. It's a little pricey, but I'm happy I bought it. It's a very entertaining and informative volume of U.S. and U.K. theatre lore.. Mary J Catlett said Felt like I was scammed. Felt like I was scammed. All about the author and who careDoesn't? VERY LITTLE ABOUT THE THREE TITLE CHARACTERS.. "Stories about theatre and film that you just haven't heard" according to Mark A. Robinson. Stories about theatre and film that you just haven't heard before. A unique book that is both fascinating and informative.
Wilson also recounts his theatrical career on Broadway and in London, his marriage to Paley, and life within international high society. An important figure during the golden age of Broadway, John C. Wilson also shares behind-the-scenes stories about such landmark theatre productions as Private Lives, Blithe Spirit, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and Kiss Me, Kate.Completed in 1958, just three years before his death, Wilson’s autobiography sat idle for decades. Following Wilson’s marriage to Russi
(Richard Somerset-Ward, author of An American Theatre: The Story of Westport Country Playhouse)John Wilson's memoir is a fascinating, revealing, and engagingly-written account of his work with almost every prominent figure in twentieth-century theater—from Marlon Brando, Carol Channing, and Noel Coward, through Greta Garbo, Laurence Olivier, and Cole Porter, to Gloria Swanson, Tennessee Williams, and Florenz Ziegfeld—all of it adroitly edited and contextualized for contemporary readers by Thomas S. And Wilson’s great nephew Jack Macauley, along with theatre historian Thomas S. Noel Coward. Hischack and Jack Macauley. His memoir is an essential document of the English-speaking theater—and highly entertaining, too. This is why this book is a great save and glows like a Golden Age treasure trove. It