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James Stewart: A Biography

Author : Donald Dewey

Performed By : Tom Parker

Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc

Runtime : 19 hours

Categories : Rich & Famous
TV & Film
Arts & Drama
Biographical

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"Going beyond biography, Donald Dewey captures the wistful America of the 1940s

and '50s and the screen icon who symbolized it.With polished ease and impeccable pacing,

Parker brings listeners into each chapter and onto each movie set to glimpse Hollywood's inner

workings. Parker narrates with the same casual yet focused flair that characterized Stewart's

acting style. In this way, Parker lends an instant comfort and intimacy to the text and its subject,

while giving Dewey's writing center stage to engage and captivate the listener."AudioFile



"[A] voluminous, highly intelligent look at one of the richest and most complex of Hollywood star

personas, not incidentally, one of the industry's most beloved actors.very astute is the analysis

of Stewart's career choices, and the detailed recounting of his distinguished record as a bomber

pilot and squad commander during WW II is downright moving.A model of how to do a serious

but entertaining Hollywood biography."Kirkus Reviews



In the most penetrating and in-depth biography yet written about the beloved screen icon,

award-winning author Donald Dewey delves beneath the persona into the usually unremarked turmoil of

the actor's private life and behind the earnest Capraesque image so often accepted as the Stewart identity.

He draws upon extensive research and nearly two hundred interviews to follow Stewart from his hometown

of Indiana, Pennsylvania, and a childhood shaped by a strong-willed father, to the fateful encounter at

Princeton University with actress Margaret Sullavan, to his first professional theatrical experiences on

Cape Cod and the forging of a remarkable life-long friendship with Henry Fonda in New York, to his

unexpected stardom at MGM.



Tom Parker, recipient of the Golden Voice award, records a remarkable variety of books while pursuing his love of theater by directing two or three professional stage productions a year in the Washington, D.C., area.

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History of Theatre, The

Author : David Timson

Performed By : Full Cast Production

Publisher : Select Music & Distribution

Runtime : 5 hours 10 minutes

Categories : Social & Economic
Dramatizations

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Here is the diverse and fascinating story of the Theatre, from the first tragedies and comedies of Ancient Greece to the high-tech mega-musicals of the late 20th century. It is an absorbing tale, encompassing ancient tales, medieval theatre, Commedia dell'Arte, the great dramas of the Elizabethan age, the foppish 18th century, the European developments in France, Germany and Spain with Russia making its main impact in the 19th century. As the 20th century progressed, the theatre moved in different experimental directions, particularly in America and Europe.

Interwoven within the story are the playwrights, the actors, the designers and theorists who have kept this performing art flourishing for 2,500 years.
All this is illustrated by more than 50 excerpts from plays and contemporary accounts, ranging from the controversial and innovative to sheer entertainment.

Here is the rich variety of experience that is the Theatre.