Laurette Taylor, American Stage Legend

by Lynn Kear

How did Laurette Taylor (1884-1946) become America's most celebrated actress? What training and experience led to her first stage success, Peg o' My Heart, in 1912? How did her failed 1920s silent film career influence her stage technique? What was so remarkable about her portrayal of Amanda Wingfield in the original 1945 Broadway production of The Glass Menagerie that many actors and critics have proclaimed her performance as the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786459220
• ISBN13: 9780786459223
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher