Oscar Wilde's own grandson, with the help of actor and author Simon Callow--who has performed Wilde's work on stage--capture the essence of this wittiest of all playwrights. Set in Paris, where he fled after the scandalous trial that revealed his homosexuality, Wilde chats about language, his mother (an esteemed Irish folklorist), transforming his ...
The fascinating collection of photographs in Snowdon on Stage presents a period of startling change in theatre - from 1954 to the present - in addition to the many changes Snowdon himself initiated in the style of theatre photography. Snowdon's photographs capture the reckless, stylish spirit of genius of some of the world's greatest stage actors ...
In this first volume of his masterful, highly acclaimed biography, Simon Callow captures the genius of Orson Welles, revealing a life even more extraordinary than the myths that have surrounded it. "A splendidly entertaining, definitive work".--"Entertainment Weekly" . of photos.
It has been said that English photographer Lord Snowdon (born Tony Armstrong-Jones) knows everyone worth knowing. In this first retrospective on his nearly 50-year career, it seems he has also been everywhere and seen everything -- and captured it all, brilliantly, on camera. Published to accompany a major exhibition at the National Portrait ...
In this volume of his masterful, highly acclaimed biography, Callow captures the genius of Orson Welles, revealing a life even more extraordinary than the myths that have surrounded it.
This classic biography acknowledges Laughton's most memorable performances and sympathetically addresses the emotional conflict he faced as a homosexual living in intolerant times.
Multi-talented Simon Callow, who has triumphantly brought Charles Dickens to audiences worldwide in his award-winning show The Mystery of Charles Dickens, now brings him to life on the page, lovingly re-creating the phenomenon of Christmas that fascinated the great novelist. From the ancient world of Christmas Past, Callow works his pleasurable ...
A companion volume to Being an Actor, Callow's classic text about the experience of acting in the theatre, Shooting the Actor reveals the truth about film acting. The book describes his film work, from Amadeus to Four Weddings and a Funeral, from Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls to Shakespeare in Love. Its centrepiece is a hilarious and sometimes ...
With more than 200 stunning full-colour photographs, "Classical Destinations" takes its readers on a tour of the history and geography of classical music, examining the lives of the great composers in relation to their places of birth, education, triumphs, and failures. It then turns full-circle to describe how, through their achievements, the ...
This translation of Cocteau's 1936 travelogue accurately reflects his journey into the cities he visited during his trip around the world in emulation of Verne's Phileas Fogg.
When Simon Callow first met Peggy Ramsay he could hardly have suspected that his encounter with the near-legendary play agent would blossom into passionate love. There was the age difference for one thing: Callow was barely 30, Peggy was in her seventies. And then there was Aziz, the handsome but mercurial Egyptian with whom Callow was already ...
Welles creates a retelling of the Bravade, the festival held every year on St Tropez's saints' day. This book was written for Welles's daughter in 1956 and includes sketches of the festival. All the typos are intact and uncorrected, and the book retains all the different sizes of the paintings.
The first of a proposed two-volume biography, this book takes Welles to the ripe old age of 26, when he had just completed "Citizen Kane". As Simon Callow says in his preface, "I have tried to put [Welles] back into the context from which he wrenched himself.... Cleaning the canvas, as it were, I have aimed to reveal the surrounding figures and ...
A selection of Shakespeare's work focusing on the theme of love. From the passion of the sonnets, the poignant balcony scene in "Romeo and Juliet" to the bewitched love scene between Titania and Bottom in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", this anthology cuts across age and class, taboo and prohibition.
This is an examination of "The Night of the Hunter", Charles Laughton's only outing as a film director. It looks at the symbolism of the piece, at Willa, her throat cut sitting in the Model-T Ford, and the Preacher, a silhouetted threat on the horizon.
In this volume of his masterful, highly acclaimed biography, Callow captures the genius of Orson Welles, revealing a life even more extraordinary than the myths that have surrounded it.
The "Actors on Shakespeare" series draws on the contemporary relevance of, and enjoyment to be found in, Shakespeare. Each book provides an introduction to a particular play from an individual actor's perspective; here Simon Callow offers his view of Falstaff in "Henry IV, Part I"
The reason for the decline of Orson Welles' career is a hotly debated issue, but decline it certainly did. When "Citizen Kane", his first film, opened in 1941, Welles was universally acclaimed as the most audacious film maker alive. But instead of marking the beginning of a triumphant career in Hollywood, the film still regularly voted the ...
Callow's memoir tells the story of his affair with his agent, Margaret Ramsay--a more surprising premise than it would seem, as Callow was gay and 30 and Ramsay was 70. Their relationship was erotic, but not sexual, characterized by passionate discussion, fervent letter-writing, and generous exchanges of gifts. It continued almost until Ramsay's ...
International in scope, this book encompasses a range of artists, past and present, including: avant-gardists, deconstructionists, text worshippers, director-choreographers, and classical revivalists. It examines the contributions of influential and accomplished men and women stage directors. There are contributions on JoAnne Akalaitis, David ...
A new edition of the classic book for actors starting their careers, with new material. Callow provides a guide not only to the actor's profession but also to the intricacies of his art, from unemployment to the last night of a long run.
The world-famous masterpiece by Nobel laureate Thomas Mann here in a new translation by Michael Henry Heim. Published on the eve of World War I, a decade after Buddenbrooks had established Thomas Mann as a literary celebrity, "Death in Venice" tells the story of Gustav von Aschenbach, a successful but aging writer who follows his wanderlust to ...
Turgenev's lyrical tale suggests that with the loss of love comes a sense of resignation - and the conviction that the essence of life lies in self-denial. In a series of letters to a friend the narrator relates how he manages to convince a married woman, who till now has been shielded by her late mother from the powerful effects of poetry and ...
Encouraged by his uncle to start taking theatre photographs, Snowdon''s style was suited to the new generation of British theatre which emerged in the 1950s, and he soon became popular. This book presents a selection of his work.'
Even before movies had sound, filmmakers dramatised the lives of composers. Movie biographies - or biopics - have depicted composers as diverse as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, George M. Cohan, Stephen Foster, and George Gershwin. In this enticing book, the first devoted entirely to such films, John C. Tibbetts surveys different styles and periods from ...
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Heaven and Hell to Play with: The Filming of the Night of the Hunter
