Will She Do?: Act One of a Life on Stage - Couverture rigide

Atkins, Eileen

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0349014663 ISBN 13 : 9780349014661

Editeur : Virago, 2021

Synopsis

Funny, lively and a fascinating memoir; how Eileen Atkins came from Tottenham to be one of our great actresses - and a Dame.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Born in 1934 in Tottenham, London, made a Dame in 1991, Eileen Atkins has been on American and British stage and screen since 1957 and has won an Emmy, a BAFTA and is a three-time Olivier Award winner; her theatre performances include The Height of the Storm, Ellen Terry, All that Fall and she has appeared in television and films ranging from Doc Martin to Cranford to The Crown.

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Will She Do? is the story of a girl from a council estate in Tottenham - born in 1934 to an electric-meter reader and a seamstress - who was determined to be an actress. Candid and witty, this memoir takes her from her awkward performances in working-men's clubs at six years of age as dancing 'Baby Eileen', through the war years in London, to her breakthrough at thirty-two on Broadway with The Killing of Sister George, for which she received the first of five Tony Award nominations. She co-created Upstairs, Downstairs and wrote the screenplay for Mrs Dalloway (for which she won an Evening Standard Award). Aged eighty-seven, this is her first autobiographical work.

Characterised by an eye for the absurd, a terrific knack for storytelling and an insistence on honesty, Will She Do? is a wonderful raconteur's tale about family, about class, about youthful ambition and big dreams and what really goes on behind the scenes.


Made a Dame in 1991, Eileen Atkins has been on American and British stage and screen since 1957 and has won an Emmy, a BAFTA and is a three-time Olivier Award winner.


'For some of us she cannot be on stage enough . . . she makes you feel the particular thing she is doing can only be for you' Susannah Clapp


'There is something about those large eyes and that steadfast look that tells you that you are in the presence of a remarkable actor; and so it has proved in a career that has encompassed everything from Greek tragedy and Ibsen to Pinter and Albee, and that has led Atkins to be revered on both sides of the Atlantic' Michael Billington

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Virago
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0349014663
• ISBN 13: 9780349014661
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible