The Actor's Art: Conversations with Contemporary American Stage Performers

Bryer (English, U. of Maryland) and Davison (English, U. of Delaware) interviewed 17 seasoned actors about their professional lives, their views of American theater, and their perspectives on acting, the characters they've played, and the directors they've worked with. The interviews are presented in qanda format, and include the thoughts of Zoe Caldwell, Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy, Blythe Danner, Ruby Dee, George Grizzard, Julie Harris, Eileen Heckart, Cherry Jones, James Earl Jones, Stacy Keach, Shirley Knight, Nathan Lane, Jason Robards, Maureen Stapleton, and Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

Author(s): Jackson R. Bryer, Richard Allan Davison
Published: 2001
Categories: Actors