Canadaâs most celebrated and acclaimed actor lets loose in a magnificent memoir that will delight and enchant readers across the country.
A rollicking, rich self-portrait written by one of todayâs greatest living actors. The story of a âyoung wastrel, incurably romantic, spoiled rottenâ â his privileged Montreal background, rich in Victorian gentility, included steam yachts, rare orchid farms, music lessons in Paris and Berlin â âwho tore himself away from the ski slopes to break into the big, bad world of theater not from the streets up but from an Edwardian living room down.â
Plummer writes of his early acting days â on radio and stage with William Shatner and other fellow Canadians; of the early days of the Stratford Festival in southern Ontario; of his Broadway debut at twenty-four in The Starcross Story, starring Eva Le Gallienne (âIt opened and closed in one night, but what a night!â); of joining Peter Hallâs Royal Shakespeare Company (its other members included Judi Dench, Vanessa Redgrave and Peter OâToole); of his first picture, Stage Struck, directed by Sidney Lumet; and of The Sound of Music, which he affectionately dubbed âS&M.â
He writes about his legendary colleagues: Dame Judith Anderson (âthe Tasmanian devil from Down Underâ); Sir Tyrone Guthrie; Sir Laurence Olivier; Elia Kazan (âthis chameleon of chameleons might change into you, wear your skin, steal your soulâ); and âthat reprobateâ Jason Robards, among many others.
A revelation of the wild and exuberant ride that is the actorâs â at least this actorâs â life.
From the Hardcover edition.
Categories:
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Memoirs
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Author : Plummer, Christopher
Language : English
Edition : 1
Published :2009-10-06
Number Of Pages : 656
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 0307396800
ISBN-13 : 9780307396808
Item weight : 1.8 lb
Dimensions : 1.6 in x 6.1 in x 9.2 in
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