The Rest of the Story: A Life Completed - Hardcover

Laurents, Arthur

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1557838283 ISBN 13: 9781557838285

Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2012

Synopsis

(Applause Books). Best known for the hit musicals West Side Story and Gypsy , Arthur Laurents began his career writing socially minded plays such as Home of the Brave and Time of the Cuckoo . He also garnered impressive credits as a screenwriter ( The Way We Were ) and stage director ( La Cage aux Folles ). Such a varied professional life makes for absorbing reading, as unleashed in his lively 2000 autobiography, Original Story By . Laurents passed away early in 2011 but not before writing The Rest of the Story , in which he revealed all that had happened in his life since Original Story By , filled with the wisdom he gained in growing older and a new perspective brought on by Laurents' experience of deep personal loss, including the death of his longtime companion, Tom Hatcher. Laurents' style remains engrossing and brutally honest. His voice is still highly intelligent, loving, generous, and gracious. He remained committed to his artistic vision to the very end, as captured in the epilogue, which he completed only days before his death. The book ends with a loving and insightful coda by Laurent's good friend and the editor of this book, David Saint.

About this title

About the Author:

Arthur Laurents (1917-2011) was a playwright, screenwriter, and director. He was nominated for six Tony Awards and won two. He is the author of The Way We Were, Mainly on Directing, and Original Story By. David Saint collaborated with Arthur Laurents at the George Street Playhouse, where he is artistic director.

About this edition

• Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1557838283
• ISBN 13: 9781557838285
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 210
• Editor: Saint David