Being An Actor

Simon Callow

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Vintage
03 January 2005

Theatre Studies; Individual actors & performers; Biography: general

Completely revised and expanded with entirely new material detailing Callow's relationship with the theatre in the twenty years since Being an Actor first appeared.

Few actors are more eloquent, honest or entertaining about their life and their profession than Simon Callow. Being an Actor traces his stage journey from the letter he wrote to Laurence Olivier that led him to his first job, to his triumph as Mozart in the original production of Amadeus. This new edition continues to tell the story of his past two decades onstage. Callow discusses his occasionally ambivalent yet always passionate feelings about both film and theatre, conflicting sentiments partially resolved by his acclaimed return to the stage with his solo performances in The Importance of Being Oscar and The Mystery of Charles Dickens, seen in the West End and on Broadway in 2002.

Being an Actor is a guide not only to the profession but also to the intricacies of the art, told with wit, candour, and irrepressible verve by one if the great figures of the stage.

By: Simon Callow
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 277g
ISBN: 9780099471950
ISBN 10: 0099471957
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 03 January 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

In addition to his distinguished career in the theatre, Simon Callow has appeared in the films Amadeus, Room With a View, Maurice, the hugely successful Four Weddings and a Funeral, Shakespeare in Love, Notting Hill and Bright Young Things. He directed the film The Ballad of the Sad Cafe starring Vanessa Redgrave and Rod Steiger. Callow is also the author of Charles Laughton: A Difficult Actor, Shooting the Actor and Orson Welles: The Road to Xanadu. He lives in London.

Reviews for Being An Actor

Impassioned, intelligent, informative, and quite simply one of the best theatre books I have read * Financial Times * A very important book about our work * Peter Brook * The most honest book ever written about us all * Sir Ian McKellen * Pugnaciously candid... His book is a unique account of an actor's life * Guardian *

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