Alec Guinness: Master of disguise - Hardcover

O'Connor Garry

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9780340485620: Alec Guinness: Master of disguise

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0340485620 ISBN 13: 9780340485620

Publisher: Hodder And Stoughton, 1994

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Alec Guinness's performances in films such as "Oliver Twist", "Kind Hearts and Coronets" and "The Bridge on the River Kwai", as well as in countless plays and television dramas, have ensured his position as one of the greatest actors of the post-war world. Published in the year of his 80th birthday, this full-scale biography of Guinness delves into his complex and enigmatic personality, and traces the formative events in his life. Drawing on interviews with scores of friends and colleagues, Garry O'Connor probes the nature of the actor's remarkable talent and closely relates the man to the roles he played, providing a penetrating analysis of Guinness's long and distinguished career.

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About the Author:

Garry O'Connor has directed at the Royal Shakespeare Company, been a critic for The Times and written authoritative biographies of Paul Scofield, Peggy Ashcroft, Ralph Richardson and Sean O'Casey.

Review:

'the more I think about this book, the more I come to believe that it is one of the truly great actor biographies of our time' Sheridan Morley, LITERARY REVIEW

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