The Actor's Art
Conversations with Contemporary American Stage Performers
Edited by Richard A. Davison and Jackson R. Bryer
Rutgers University Press
Biographies are so much more than lists of teachers, roles, and awards. The Actor’s Art conveys stories about numerous productions, insight about becoming and being an actor, and opinions about issues such as color-blind casting and the future of theatre. Together, these conversations form lively, thought-provoking sketches of such stars as Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy, Ruby Dee, Julie Harris, Cherry Jones, James Earl Jones, Stacy Keach, Nathan Lane, and Jason Robards. The Actor’s Art demonstrates the value of listening, and the pleasures of reading.
Jackson R. Bryer is a professor of English at the University of Maryland. He is the editor of The Playwright's Art: Conversations with Contemporary American Dramatists (Rutgers University Press), and several other books on the performing arts.
Richard A. Davison is a professor of English at the University of Delaware. He has published three books on Frank, Charles, and Kathleen Norris.
Richard A. Davison is a professor of English at the University of Delaware. He has published three books on Frank, Charles, and Kathleen Norris.
Zoe Caldwell
Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy
Blythe Danner
Ruby Dee
George Grizzard
Julie Harris
Eileen Heckart
Cherry Jones
James Earl Jones
Stacy Keach
Shirley Knight
Nathan Lane
Jason Robards
Maureen Stapleton
Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson
Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy
Blythe Danner
Ruby Dee
George Grizzard
Julie Harris
Eileen Heckart
Cherry Jones
James Earl Jones
Stacy Keach
Shirley Knight
Nathan Lane
Jason Robards
Maureen Stapleton
Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson
