Theo: The Autobiography of Theodore Bikel - Hardcover

Bikel, Theodore

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060190442 ISBN 13: 9780060190446

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1994

Synopsis

A multitalented artist chronicles his dramatic life, remembering his childhood in pre-Nazi Vienna and his years on a kibbutz, and discussing his success as an actor and musician and his activism in civil-rights causes. National ad/promo. Tour.

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From the Publisher:

A man of many parts, the renowned folksinger, actor, and activist offers an autobiography as colorful, dramatic, and thoughtful as the life it describes.

From the Back Cover:

"A compelling life, taking Bikel from pre-World War II Eastern Europe to an acting career in Israel; emigration to England after the war, training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, and initial success in British theater and film; a leap to the Broadway stage and stardom in The Sound of Music; productive years as a Hollywood character actor; a new career as a folksinger in the late 1950s; then several decades of activism, as president of Actors' Equity and a prominent figure in the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War movements."-Kirkus Reviews

"An engaging, well-written memoir . . . full of theater stories about playing Mitch opposite Vivien Leigh's Blanche in the London production of A Streetcar Named Desire, playing Baron von Trapp opposite Mary Martin's Maria in The Sound of Music, and of course his many performances as Tevye [in Fiddler on the Roof.]"-Oakland Tribune

"Bikel has been an articulate spokesman against oppression, dictatorship, inhumanity, war."-Boston Globe

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0060190442
• ISBN 13: 9780060190446
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448