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Command Performance: An Actress in the Theater of Politics
By Jane Alexander
364 pages
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Synopsis
Full of amusing anecdotes and profiles of celebrities, this charming, opinionated, and wise memoir of Jane Alexander's tenure at the National Endowment of the Arts brings humor and human dimension to the politics of art and the art of politics. of photos.Related books and articles at Questia
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments ix
- Prologue xi
- Chapter One - Early Training 1
- Chapter Two - the Audition 17
- Chapter Three - the Rehearsal 35
- Chapter Four - Curtain Up 56
- Chapter Five - the Production 71
- Chapter Six - the Scene 91
- Chapter Seven - the Players 114
- Chapter Eight on the Road 136
- Chapter Nine Intermission 158
- Chapter Ten Act II 175
- Chapter Eleven the Critics 208
- Chapter Twelve Hollywood 244
- Title Page iii
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments ix
- Prologue xi
- Chapter One - Early Training 1
- Chapter Two - the Audition 17
- Chapter Three - the Rehearsal 35
- Chapter Four - Curtain Up 56
- Chapter Five - the Production 71
- Chapter Six - the Scene 91
- Chapter Seven - the Players 114
- Chapter Eight on the Road 136
- Chapter Nine Intermission 158
- Chapter Ten Act II 175
- Chapter Eleven the Critics 208
- Chapter Twelve Hollywood 244
- Chapter Thirteen Backstage 271
- Chapter Fourteen Curtain Down 296
- Epilogue 317
- Index 323