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How did Laurette Taylor (1884-1946) become America's most celebrated actress? What training and experience led to her first stage success, Peg o' My Heart, in 1912? How did her failed 1920s silent film career influence her stage technique? What was so remarkable about her portrayal of Amanda Wingfield in the original 1945 Broadway production of The Glass Menagerie that many actors and critics have proclaimed her performance as the greatest they have ever seen, before or since? How did alcoholism affect her career? And why has it been so difficult to tell her story on stage and screen? This biography offers fascinating new insights into the life and craft of Laurette Taylor. Included is a very short play written by the actress, entitled The Dying Wife.

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Laurette Taylor  American Stage Legend
  • Author : Lynn Kear
  • Release : 10 January 2014
  • Publisher : McFarland
  • ISBN : 9780786461936
  • Genre : Performing Arts
  • Total Page : 287 pages
  • Language : English
  • PDF File Size : 12,6 Mb

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