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Product Description: John Field, an ordained minister in the Established Church during the sixteenth century described playhouses as 'schools of wickedness' and 'sinks of sin'. Little did he know that, after his death, his son Nathan (Nat) Field would become one of Britain's most celebrated players and playwrights...read more
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9781680530179 | Maunsel & Co, July 1, 2016, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: John Field, an ordained minister in the Established Church during the sixteenth century described playhouses as 'schools of wickedness' and 'sinks of sin'.
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9781476662879 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, September 24, 2015, cover price $39.95
Product Description: Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies is a paradox; a famous actress whose career spanned most of the twentieth century she is now largely forgotten. Drawing on material held in Ffrangcon-Davies's personal archive, Grime argues that the representation of the actress, on and off the stage, can be read in terms of its constructions of normative female behaviours...read more
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9781848933194 | Pickering & Chatto Ltd, May 31, 2013, cover price $150.00
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9781138661981 | Routledge, January 20, 2016, cover price $52.95 | About this edition: Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies is a paradox; a famous actress whose career spanned most of the twentieth century she is now largely forgotten.
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9781410486066 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, January 6, 2016), cover price $34.99
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9781427271525 | Unabridged edition (Macmillan Audio, December 29, 2015), cover price $39.99
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9781250081483 | St Martins Pr, December 29, 2015, cover price $27.99 | About this edition: No one does glamour, severity, girlish charm or tight-lipped witticism better than Dame Maggie Smith.
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9781250117182 | Reprint edition (Griffin, March 14, 2017), cover price $15.99 | About this edition: No one does glamour, severity, girlish charm or tight-lipped witticism better than Dame Maggie Smith.
9781474601146 | Orion Pub Co, September 3, 2015, cover price $23.30 | About this edition: No one does glamour, severity, girlish charm or tight-lipped witticism better than Dame Maggie Smith.
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9781468311334 | Overlook Pr, June 9, 2015, cover price $29.95
9780396028307, titled "Famous Composers for Young People" | Dodd Mead, June 1, 1939, cover price $3.95 | also contains Famous Composers for Young People
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9781623650421 | Quercus, June 3, 2014, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: A finalist for the Sheridan Morley Prize that has been called "probably the best Olivier book for general readers" (Kirkus Reviews), Philip Ziegler's Olivier provides an incredibly accessible and comprehensive portrait of this Hollywood superstar, Oscar-winning director, and one who is considered the greatest stage actor of the twentieth century.
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9781623654801 | Reprint edition (Quercus, June 2, 2015), cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A finalist for the Sheridan Morley Prize that has been called "probably the best Olivier book for general readers" (Kirkus Reviews), Philip Ziegler's Olivier provides an incredibly accessible and comprehensive portrait of this Hollywood superstar, Oscar-winning director, and one who is considered the greatest stage actor of the twentieth century.
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9781936003457 | Blood Moon Prod Ltd, June 15, 2015, cover price $26.95
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9781250071118 | St Martins Pr, November 25, 2014, cover price $29.99
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9781616954727 | Soho Pr Inc, November 11, 2014, cover price $16.00
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9780990619901 | Myrtle Pr, November 7, 2014, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: "Believe me, you will never have read anything quite like this”The Spectator—London“With Richard Burton, I was living my own fabulous and passionate fantasy.
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9780956653482 | Random House Inc, June 4, 2013, cover price $24.99
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9780957648142 | Reprint edition (Random House Inc, November 11, 2014), cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Peter Cushing was widely known as 'the gentleman of horror', his kind and sensitive nature a sharp contrast with the sinister roles that dominated his work from the 1950s onwards.
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9780007458875 | Harpercollins, March 25, 2014, cover price $26.99
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9781845136239 | Aurum Pr Ltd, April 1, 2013, cover price $29.95
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9781781312247, titled "House of Redgrave: The Lives of a Theatrical Dynasty" | Aurum Pr Ltd, March 1, 2014, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: From the landmark films of Tony Richardson to the untimely death of Natasha Richardson, this is the saga of one of the greatest dynasties in British film and theatre.
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9780394579597 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, April 1, 1991, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: A portrait of nineteenth-century actress Ellen Ternan, the woman who was the mistress of Charles Dickens, describing her secret relationship with the author
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9780241969410 | Gardners Books, January 16, 2014, cover price $16.55
9780804172127 | 2 mti edition (Vintage Books, December 31, 2013), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Now a major motion picture directed by Ralph Fiennes, co-starring Fiennes and Felicity Jones with Michelle Fairley, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Tom Hollander: the unforgettable story of Charles Dickens's mistress Nelly Ternan, and of the secret relationship that linked them.
9780345803979 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, October 30, 2012), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Title: The Invisible Woman( The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens) Binding: Paperback Author: ClaireTomalin Publisher: VintageBooks
9780679738190 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, December 1, 1992), cover price $13.00 | About this edition: A portrait of nineteenth-century actress Ellen Ternan, the woman who was the mistress of Charles Dickens, describing her secret relationship with the author
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9780762450992 | Running Pr Book Pub, October 15, 2013, cover price $30.00
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9781409452676 | Ashgate Pub Co, August 28, 2013, cover price $149.95 | About this edition: Even for scholars who have devoted their careers to the early modern theatre, the name John Lowin may not instantly evoke recognition-until now, the actor's life and contribution to the theatre of the period has never been the subject of a full-length publication.
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9781611494587 | Univ of Delaware Pr, August 15, 2013, cover price $80.00 | About this edition: Robert Loraine was born in a period when technology exploded into a world whose keyword was Progress.
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9781781162743 | Titan Books, April 16, 2013, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Peter Cushing was an unforgettable presence in cult cinema of the fifties, sixties and seventies, and remains one of Britain's best-loved film stars.
The actress's complex personality, love affair with Olivier, rise to stardom, glamorous social life, and tragic death are brought into clear focus in this detailed portrait
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9780671224967 | Simon & Schuster, March 1, 1979, cover price $3.98 | About this edition: The actress's complex personality, love affair with Olivier, rise to stardom, glamorous social life, and tragic death are brought into clear focus in this detailed portrait
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9781589797857 | Reprint edition (Taylor Pub, April 16, 2013), cover price $17.95
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9781408131060 | Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, July 19, 2011, cover price $65.00
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9781408179451 | Reprint edition (Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, November 8, 2012), cover price $29.95
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9781780220031 | Reprint edition (Phoenix, October 1, 2012), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: The candid memoirs of a great character actor Steven Spielberg called him "the best actor in the world," about which Postlethwaite said: "I'm sure what Spielberg actually said was, 'the thing about Pete is that he thinks he's the best actor in the world.
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9781590207147 | 1 edition (Overlook Pr, January 19, 2012), cover price $29.95
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9781468301489 | Reprint edition (Overlook Pr, September 25, 2012), cover price $17.95
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9781848420540 | Reprint edition (Nick Hern Books, May 17, 2011), cover price $40.00
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9781848421714 | Reprint edition (Nick Hern Books, February 28, 2012), cover price $20.95
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9780233003498 | Csm nov sl edition (Andre Deutsch Ltd, March 6, 2012), cover price $50.00
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