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13%OFFKenneth Branagh - Beginning - 9780393331165 - V9780393331165
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Beginning

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Description for Beginning Paperback. As both star and director of the acclaimed film Henry V, young Branagh has had his career compared to that of Lawrence Olivier. Full of charm, humor, and insight into an actor's craft, Branagh's intriguing autobiography tells of his childhood in Belfast, his training at the Royal Academy of Drama, and his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.

In "Beginning," Academy Award nominee Kenneth Branagh charts the ups and downs of a life in acting - a young career that has made him the most acclaimed actor of his generation. Opening with his childhood in working-class Belfast, in a neighborhood of drinkers and dreamers, Branagh describes the fires of early ambition that drew him to the stage and to the plays of Shakespeare. At age twenty-four he founded his own actor's troupe with the goal of performing those plays; at twenty-eight, he directed and starred in the movie of "Henry V," the role that won him international fame.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780393331165
SKU
V9780393331165
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Ref
99-50

About Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh, who lives in London, is the author of three previous books: an autobiography, Beginning (Norton), and the tie-in volumes to Much Ado About Nothing (Norton), and Henry V.

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