Individual Actors & Performers

Cheek by Jowl, founded by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod in 1981, is one of the worlds most critically acclaimed classical theatre companies. Ac...

Every artist has a dream project an enterprise that he or she has continuously taken up but never completed. Via archived notes and drafts, a retro...

An Everyman who expressed the defiant spirit of freedom, Charlie Chaplin was first lauded and later reviled in the America that made him Hollywood'...

Stage rights! explores the work and legacy of the first feminist political theatre group of the twentieth century, the Actresses' Franchise League....

Cheek by Jowl, founded by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod in 1981, is one of the worlds most critically acclaimed classical theatre companies. Ac...

This book explores the foundation and work of the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) and other entertainment organisations such as ...

Les Dawson: a comedian who, more than any other, spoke for the phlegmatic, resigned, sarcastic, glorious British way of life. This is his story.A N...

Once called the perfect example of a homeless waif by director Cecil B. DeMille, Junior Coghlan acted in movies for over 70 years. Perhaps best ...

A world-famous singer and actor, a trained lawyer, an early star of American professional football and a polyglot who spoke over a dozen languages....

'Uproarious and unflinching' Mail on Sunday'A truly incredible life story' The Sun'Most memorable . . . told in a voice as distinctive as his spoke...

The New York Times Best Seller. Part biography, part critical appreciation, part love letterand all funthis enormous full-color volume, packed wit...

This biography draws on a series of unpublished interviews and offers a startling and intitmate portrait of one of the most glamourous icons of the...

'Genius' The New York TimesIn 1973, Norman Mailer published Marilyn, his celebrated in-depth account of the life of Marilyn Monroe, as a glossy, fu...

'This well-written page-turner is the definitive biography of the genius of Robin Williams, whose life redefines the highs and lows of the American...

Marlon Brando (1924-2004) is an icon in the history of American cinema. When he passed away in 2004, The New York Times remember 'the rebellious pr...