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Ellen Terry and Bernard Shaw: A Correspondence Ellen Terry and Bernard Shaw: A Correspondence (Textbook Binding)
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avg rating 4.20 — 20 ratings — published 1931
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الفوضي والعبقرية الفوضي والعبقرية (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.67 — 274 ratings — published 1836
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William Hutt: Soldier Actor (154) (Essential Prose Series) William Hutt: Soldier Actor (154) (Essential Prose Series)
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avg rating 4.00 — 4 ratings — published
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Barrymore: The Spectacular, Tumultuous Life of America's Prince of Players (Screen Classics) Barrymore: The Spectacular, Tumultuous Life of America's Prince of Players (Screen Classics)
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avg rating 3.60 — 5 ratings — published
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Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It? Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It? (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 31 ratings — published 2026
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Leaving a Doll's House: A Memoir Leaving a Doll's House: A Memoir (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as theater-biography)
avg rating 3.26 — 219 ratings — published 1996
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Limelight and After Limelight and After (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.18 — 11 ratings — published
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Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?: A memoir Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?: A memoir (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
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The Street Where I Live: A Memoir The Street Where I Live: A Memoir (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as theater-biography)
avg rating 4.13 — 233 ratings — published 1978
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Les nuits d’amour sont transparentes. Pendant La Nuit des rois. Les nuits d’amour sont transparentes. Pendant La Nuit des rois. (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 11 ratings — published 2021
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The Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlowe The Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlowe (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 695 ratings — published 1992
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Opening Doors: Reimagining the American Musical Opening Doors: Reimagining the American Musical (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 14 ratings — published
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The same only different: Five generations of a great theatre family The same only different: Five generations of a great theatre family (Hardcover)
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avg rating 2.00 — 3 ratings — published
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Eleanora Duse Eleanora Duse (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.30 — 37 ratings — published 2003
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The Mystic in the Theatre The Mystic in the Theatre (Hardcover)
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avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published
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The Mystic in the Theatre: Eleonora Duse The Mystic in the Theatre: Eleonora Duse (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 155 ratings — published 1965
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With a Quiet Heart: An Autobiography With a Quiet Heart: An Autobiography (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as theater-biography)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1974
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At 33 At 33 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.75 — 4 ratings — published 1940
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Eva Le Gallienne: A Biography Eva Le Gallienne: A Biography (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 27 ratings — published 1996
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Charles Laughton: A Difficult Actor Charles Laughton: A Difficult Actor (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 127 ratings — published 1987
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Memoirs Memoirs (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 1,236 ratings — published 1975
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David Merrick: The Abominable Showman David Merrick: The Abominable Showman (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.29 — 59 ratings — published 2000
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Theater Kid: A Broadway Memoir Theater Kid: A Broadway Memoir (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 1,600 ratings — published
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Macready's Reminiscences, and Selections from his Diaries and Letters Macready's Reminiscences, and Selections from his Diaries and Letters (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as theater-biography)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1875
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How I Learned What I Learned How I Learned What I Learned (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.38 — 61 ratings — published
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Autobiography of an Actress: Or, Eight Years on the Stage (Classic Reprint) Autobiography of an Actress: Or, Eight Years on the Stage (Classic Reprint)
by (shelved 1 time as theater-biography)
avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 2010
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The Grand Manner The Grand Manner (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 7 ratings — published 2011
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The Creative Act: A Way of Being The Creative Act: A Way of Being (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.94 — 99,331 ratings — published 2023
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Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick, Esq. Interspersed With Characters and Anecdotes of his Theatrical Contemporaries. The Whole Forming a History of ... Years. By Thomas Davies. ... of 2; Volume 1 Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick, Esq. Interspersed With Characters and Anecdotes of his Theatrical Contemporaries. The Whole Forming a History of ... Years. By Thomas Davies. ... of 2; Volume 1 (Hardcover)
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Mrs Fiske: Her Views on Actors, Acting and the Problems of Production Mrs Fiske: Her Views on Actors, Acting and the Problems of Production (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as theater-biography)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2010
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Finding Me Finding Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as theater-biography)
avg rating 4.53 — 198,072 ratings — published 2022
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Salesman in Beijing Salesman in Beijing (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.05 — 43 ratings — published
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An Actor and His Time An Actor and His Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as theater-biography)
avg rating 3.49 — 43 ratings — published 1979
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Pure Wit: The Revolutionary Life of Margaret Cavendish Pure Wit: The Revolutionary Life of Margaret Cavendish (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as theater-biography)
avg rating 3.66 — 185 ratings — published 2023
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Public/Private: My Life with Joe Papp at The Public Theater Public/Private: My Life with Joe Papp at The Public Theater (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as theater-biography)
avg rating 3.71 — 7 ratings — published
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Every Frenchman Has One Every Frenchman Has One (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as theater-biography)
avg rating 3.69 — 900 ratings — published 1962
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Letters From An Actor Letters From An Actor (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.55 — 65 ratings — published 1967
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Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as theater-biography)
avg rating 4.23 — 958 ratings — published 2014
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An Actor's Life in 12 Productions An Actor's Life in 12 Productions (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.55 — 11 ratings — published
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The Critic's Daughter: A Memoir The Critic's Daughter: A Memoir (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 435 ratings — published 2023
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The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 121 ratings — published 2001
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Jack in the Box: or, How to Goddamn Direct Jack in the Box: or, How to Goddamn Direct (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as theater-biography)
avg rating 3.90 — 40 ratings — published 2022
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Jack Be Nimble: The Accidental Education of an Unintentional Director Jack Be Nimble: The Accidental Education of an Unintentional Director (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as theater-biography)
avg rating 4.14 — 57 ratings — published 2013
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An Apology for the Life of Mr Colley Cibber, Comedian and Late Patentee of the Theatre Royal: A Modernized Text An Apology for the Life of Mr Colley Cibber, Comedian and Late Patentee of the Theatre Royal: A Modernized Text (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as theater-biography)
avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published
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Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as theater-biography)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,224 ratings — published 2022
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In the Houses of Their Dead: The Lincolns, the Booths, and the Spirits In the Houses of Their Dead: The Lincolns, the Booths, and the Spirits (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.51 — 483 ratings — published
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Putting the Rabbit in the Hat Putting the Rabbit in the Hat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as theater-biography)
avg rating 3.76 — 1,882 ratings — published 2021
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Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt (Jewish Lives) Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt (Jewish Lives)
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avg rating 3.49 — 232 ratings — published 2010
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William Gillette, America's Sherlock Holmes William Gillette, America's Sherlock Holmes (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.11 — 9 ratings — published 2011
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Secret Dreams: The Biography of Michael Redgrave Secret Dreams: The Biography of Michael Redgrave (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.71 — 7 ratings — published 2004
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