Playing for real
Subtitle: actors on playing real people
By: edited by Tom Cantrell and Mary Luckhurst
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9780230230422
Description: "This is the first book to explore how actors play real people. How do you capture Hitler, Mugabe, or a serial killer? How do you portray living monarchs or political leaders? Is it possible to embody a genius like Mozart or Darwin? The book includes a multiple award-winning line-up, including Sir Ian McKellen on playing himself in Ricky Gervais's Extras"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction * INTERVIEWS * Roger Allam * Eileen Atkins * Simon Callow * Chipo Chung * Oliver Ford Davies * Diane Fletcher * Henry Goodman * Jeremy Irons * Matthew Marsh * Ian McKellen * David Morrissey * Joseph Mydell * Michael Pennington * Sin Phillips * Elena Roger * Timothy West.