Here We Stand: Politics, Performers and Performance: Paul Robeson, Charlie Chaplin, Isadora Duncan - Hardcover

Chambers, Colin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1854599208 ISBN 13: 9781854599209

Publisher: Nick Hern Books, 2007

Synopsis

Paul Robeson, Isadora Duncan, and Charlie Chaplin: three famous performers who all suffered personally and professionally for their political stand. Here We Stand looks at their very different careers and how their artistic work was affected by their determined stand for what they believed was right, from Robeson's outspoken criticism of racism, to Duncan's Soviet sympathies and Chaplin's antiwar stance, which led to his expulsion from the United States.

About this title

About the Author

Colin Chambers, a former journalist and theatre critic was literary manager of the RSC from 1981-1977. His many books include the award-winning Peggy, the authorised biography of play agent Peggy Ramsay (published by NHB), The Story of Unity Theatre and Inside the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has just been appointed Kingston University's first Reader in Drama, to work alongside Peter Hall teaching a new Master of Fine Arts degree course.

Edition details

• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1854599208
• ISBN 13: 9781854599209
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 256