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More than seventy years ago, after a performance of Hamlet at the Old Vic, Laurence Olivier stepped out from behind the curtain to announce, 'Ladies and gentlemen, tonight a great actress has been born: Laertes has a daughter.' Her parents had already named her Vanessa.
Between them, Michael Redgrave's children and grandchildren would go on to win four Golden Globes, a Tony Award and an Oscar. Yet just as Prometheus was punished for giving fire to humanity, so the Redgrave family has suffered more than its fair share of the most appalling unhappiness: within just over a year of each other, Vanessa's daughter, brother and sister would die. The Redgrave family story is a febrile mix of ambition, scandal and tragedy that for some of them ends in a remote country churchyard, 80 miles north of Manhattan…
About the Author
Tim Adler is author of several books including The House of Redgrave: The Lives of a Theatrical Dynasty and Hollywood and the Mob. He has written about the film industry for a number of publications including the Financial Times, the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Business. He lives in London.
'Highly readable' West End Extra 'Adler's compulsively readable account is no hatchet job. It is well-written and extensively researched' -- Christopher Hart Sunday Times 'Fascinating ... shrewdly observed' Sunday Independent 'A dazzling and at times poignant chronicle of a brilliant yet benighted family.' -- Michael Simkins Mail on Sunday 'Of interest to Redgrave fans, theatrical historians and lovers of gossip.' Daily Telegraph, 5 stars
| And Laertes Had a Daughter | p. 1 |
| Perfection Is Not an Aim | p. 17 |
| Ever Feel You've Been Cheated? | p. 33 |
| A Conscience the Size of Grand Central Station | p. 45 |
| The Right to Fail | p. 53 |
| The Ugliest Girl in the World | p. 67 |
| Mr and Mrs Wood | p. 87 |
| Mad About the Boy | p. 103 |
| The Red Queen and the Mad Hatter | p. 117 |
| Thirty-Two Faggot Acts | p. 138 |
| Hail, Vanessa | p. 153 |
| O, What a Charge He Made | p. 162 |
| 'To Be Or Not to Be … Oh F**k!' | p. 175 |
| The Pharaoh and the Monster | p. 193 |
| I Need You Now | p. 211 |
| Zionist Hoodlums | p. 225 |
| The Floating Houseparty | p. 243 |
| Family Business | p. 255 |
| Exit, Prospero | p. 268 |
| Dancing Naked in the Rain | p. 282 |
| Offstage Drama | p. 293 |
| A Thin Streak of the Irrational | p. 306 |
| The Undiscovered Country | p. 310 |
| Acknowledgements | p. 318 |
| Index | p. 321 |
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ISBN: 9781845136239
ISBN-10: 1845136233
Audience:
General
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 384
Published: 1st April 2013
Publisher: AURUM PR
Dimensions (cm): 23.368 x 15.494
x 4.064
Weight (kg): 0.68
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