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Gambon: a Life in Acting
Mel Gussow
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Description for Gambon: a Life in Acting
hardcover. Born in Dublin in 1940, Michael Gambon served an engineering apprenticeship before joining Olivier's National Theatre. Based on the author's interviews with the actor, this volume reveals the motivation and passion that drives the star of "The Singing Detective" and the "Harry Potter" series. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 426. Good clean copy, showing light age and shelfwear. Light wear to dust jacket
Though increasingly active in films - eg the Harry Potter series - Michael Gambon is still best-known for his television Singing Detective, where, amidst a lot of on-screen sex, he played a man suffering from the same disfiguring illness which afflicted its author, Dennis Potter. Born in Dublin in 1940, Gambon served a 7-year engineering apprenticeship before joining Olivier's National Theatre in 1963 aged 23. His breakthrough there was in 1980 with Brecht's Galileo. Then came an unconventional Lear at the RSC, with Antony Sher as his Fool - and a lot of Ayckbourn. Recently he has taken the leads ... Read more
Though increasingly active in films - eg the Harry Potter series - Michael Gambon is still best-known for his television Singing Detective, where, amidst a lot of on-screen sex, he played a man suffering from the same disfiguring illness which afflicted its author, Dennis Potter. Born in Dublin in 1940, Gambon served a 7-year engineering apprenticeship before joining Olivier's National Theatre in 1963 aged 23. His breakthrough there was in 1980 with Brecht's Galileo. Then came an unconventional Lear at the RSC, with Antony Sher as his Fool - and a lot of Ayckbourn. Recently he has taken the leads ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Nick Hern Books London
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854597731
SKU
KMK0026249
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Mel Gussow
Mel Gussow is a drama critic on the New York Times and author of four other Conversations...: with Arthur Miller, Pinter, Stoppard and Beckett.
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