Notes on a Cowardly Lion : The Biography of Bert Lahr.
Başlık:
Notes on a Cowardly Lion : The Biography of Bert Lahr.
Yazar:
Lahr, John.
ISBN:
9781453288740
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Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 online resource (721 pages)
İçerik:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- A Dramatic Chronology -- Preface: The Lion and Me -- From the Wings: An Introduction -- 1. Roots -- 2. Burlesque -- 3. Vaudeville: Lahr and Mercedes -- 4. Broadway Beginnings -- 5. Scandals and Follies -- 6. Buffooneries -- 7. Other Edens -- 8. "… But What Do I Do Next Year?" -- 9. Back to Broadway -- 10. Waiting for Godot -- 11. A Decade of Moments -- 12. Dad -- 13. A Beginning and an End -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Appendix 4 -- Appendix 5 -- Appendix 6 -- Appendix 7 -- Image Gallery -- Index -- Personal Acknowledgements -- Copyright Page.
Özet:
John Lahr's stunning and complex biography of his father, the legendary actor and comedian Bert LahrPart biography, part history of American show business, Notes on a Cowardly Lion is John Lahr's masterwork: an all-encompassing biography of his father, the comedian and performer Bert Lahr. Best known as the Cowardly Lion in MGM's classic The Wizard of Oz, Lahr was a consummate artist whose career spanned burlesque, vaudeville, Broadway, and Hollywood. While he could be equally raucous and polished in public, Lahr was painfully insecure and self-absorbed in private, keeping his family at arm's length as he quietly battled his inner demons. Told with an impressive objectivity and keen understanding of the construction-and destruction-of the performer, Notes on a Cowardly Lion is more than one man's quest to understand his father. It is an extraordinary examination of a life on the stage.
Notlar:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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