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A new edition of Virgil's epic work from the award-winning translator of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey is presented in modern language and endeavors to retain the original work's humanity as well as its influential blend of poetry and verse, in a volume that is complemented by an extensive notes section and glossary.
By Simon Callow (narrator), Robert Fagles and Bernard Knox (introduced by)

Hardcover:

9780713999686 | Gardners Books, November 2, 2006, cover price $43.00 | also contains The Aeneid | About this edition: The city of Troy has been ransacked by conquering Greeks and lies in smouldering ruins.

CD/Spoken Word:

9780143059028 | Unabridged edition (Penguin/Highbridge, November 2, 2006), cover price $49.95 | About this edition: A new edition of Virgil's epic work is presented in modern language and endeavors to retain the original work's humanity, as well as its influential blend of poetry and verse.

A second volume in the biographical series about the legendary director traces the years after Citizen Kane to offer insight into Welles's increasing inability to function within the movie industry's structure, tracing his contributions to such films as The Magnificent Ambersons and The Lady from Shanghai, as well as his efforts in radio comedy, spectacular theater, and newspaper politics. Reprint. 12,000 first printing.

Hardcover:

9780670872565 | Viking Pr, August 17, 2006, cover price $32.95 | About this edition: Traces the life and career of the legendary director, discussing the making of 'Citizen Kane,' his contributions to such films as 'The Magnificent Ambersons' and 'The Lady from Shanghai,' and his efforts in radio comedy, spectacular theater, and newspaper politics
9780224038539 | Vintage Uk, May 4, 2006, cover price $55.55 | About this edition: Examines the years from 'Citizen Kane' to 'Macbeth' in which Orson Welles' Hollywood film career came apart.

Paperback:

9780140275179 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, November 27, 2007), cover price $20.00 | About this edition: A second volume in the biographical series about the legendary director traces the years after Citizen Kane to offer insight into Welles's increasing inability to function within the movie industry's structure, tracing his contributions to such films as The Magnificent Ambersons and The Lady from Shanghai, as well as his efforts in radio comedy, spectacular theater, and newspaper politics.

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A companion volume to Being an Actor, Callow's classic text about the experience of acting in the theatre, Shooting the Actor reveals the truth about film acting. The book describes his film work, from Amadeus to Four Weddings and a Funeral, from Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls to Shakespeare in Love.

Paperback:

9780099471974 | New edition (Vintage Uk, November 4, 2004), cover price $18.20 | About this edition: A companion volume to Being an Actor, Callow's classic text about the experience of acting in the theatre, Shooting the Actor reveals the truth about film acting.

Hardcover:

9781848419131 | Nick Hern Books, January 1, 2004, cover price $32.25

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Product Description: When Simon Callow met the Yugoslav film director Dusan Makavejev to discuss his new film Manifesto, they both greatly looked forward to working together. Only months later the two were barely speaking.A companion volume to Being An Actor, Shooting the Actor is a funny and disastrous account of a film made in the former Yugoslavia, together with new essays on film and film acting including Callow’s work in Amadeus and Four Weddings and a Funeral...read more

Paperback:

9780312422448 | 1 edition (Picador USA, August 1, 2003), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: When Simon Callow met the Yugoslav film director Dusan Makavejev to discuss his new film Manifesto, they both greatly looked forward to working together.

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Paperback:

9780851708225 | British Film Inst, January 26, 2001, cover price $18.95

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Product Description: "A magnificent memoir . . . a poignant, gut-wrenching, and intimate story of a remarkable relationship . . . captured brilliantly in [Simon] Callow's exquisite style . . . When Callow met Peggy Ramsay, the celebrated agent, they made an instant soul-deep connection, which was inexplicable to all ...read more

Paperback:

9780880642576 | Reprint edition (Fromm Intl, February 1, 2001), cover price $13.00 | About this edition: "A magnificent memoir .

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A first retrospective on the photographer's nearly fifty-year career is published to accompany a major exhibition and includes fashion shots for Vogue, pictures of noted artists, portraits of the royal family, and photographs of the lonely and disadvantaged.

Hardcover:

9780810944794 | Harry N Abrams Inc, September 1, 2000, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: A first retrospective on the photographer's nearly fifty-year career is published to accompany a major exhibition and includes fashion shots for Vogue, pictures of noted artists, portraits of the royal family, and photographs of the lonely and disadvantaged.

Presents Shakespeare's famous love poems.

CD/Spoken Word:

9781859982235 | Hodder/Headline Audiobooks, June 1, 1999, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Presents Shakespeare's famous love poems.

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A film and stage actor recounts his unlikely love affair with a famous theatrical agent forty years his senior in the face of his own homosexuality, detailing the pleasure and pain of loving a fascinating older woman.

Hardcover:

9780880642392 | Fromm Intl, May 1, 1999, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: A film and stage actor recounts his unlikely love affair with a theatrical agent forty years his senior in the face of his own homosexuality, detailing the pleasure and pain of loving an older women

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Product Description: History of the National Theatre. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Paperback:

9781854593238 | Nick Hern Books, October 1, 1998, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: History of the National Theatre.

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Product Description: Book by Callow, Simon (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Hardcover:

9780802110473 | 1 edition (Grove Pr, April 1, 1988), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A portrait of the English-born actor who performed in films and stage roles and set the standards for several major roles, but who faced both professional struggles and personal turmoil and never recognized his own legendary status

Paperback:

9780880641807 | Fromm Intl, June 1, 1997, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Book by Callow, Simon
9780802131690 | Reprint edition (Grove Pr, May 1, 1989), cover price $10.95 | About this edition: A portrait of the English-born actor who performed in films and stage roles and set the standards for several major roles, but who faced both professional struggles and personal turmoil and never recognized his own legendary status

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The photography of Lord Snowdon explores the world of British theater from 1954 to the present day

Hardcover:

9780847820269 | Rizzoli Intl Pubns, April 1, 1997, cover price $55.00 | About this edition: The photography of Lord Snowdon explores the world of British theater from 1954 to the present day

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Traces Welles' portentous childhood; his youth in New York, where he worked with director John Houseman; his notorious radio career; and the making of 'Citizen Kane' (view table of contents)

Hardcover:

9780670867226 | Viking Pr, January 1, 1996, cover price $32.95 | About this edition: Traces the life and career of the legendary director, discussing the making of 'Citizen Kane,' his contributions to such films as 'The Magnificent Ambersons' and 'The Lady from Shanghai,' and his efforts in radio comedy, spectacular theater, and newspaper politics

Paperback:

9780140254563 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, February 1, 1997), cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Traces Welles' portentous childhood; his youth in New York, where he worked with director John Houseman; his notorious radio career; and the making of 'Citizen Kane'

Hardcover:

9780060190293 | Harpercollins, January 1, 1997, cover price $24.00
9780679438779 | Random House Inc, December 1, 1995, cover price $30.00

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By Simon Callow (narrator)

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781859980910 | Abridged edition (Trafalgar Square, January 1, 1997), cover price $14.95

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Product Description: A live recording from the Vaudeville Theatre in London where Simon Callow recreates the reading performances of Charles Dickens. Over the last 12 years of his life, Dickens gave nearly 500 performances to huge audiences all over Britain and America.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781859985649 | Abridged edition (Trafalgar Square Books, November 1, 1996), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A live recording from the Vaudeville Theatre in London where Simon Callow recreates the reading performances of Charles Dickens.

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By Simon Callow (narrator), Lindsay Duncan (narrator), Paul Rhys (narrator) and Harriet Walter (narrator)

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781565111486 | Abridged edition (Highbridge Co, July 1, 1996), cover price $16.95

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Product Description: A new translation of Jean Cocteau's greatest stage success.
By Simon Callow (introduced by), Jean Cocteau and Jeremy Sams (trans)

Paperback:

9781854592569 | Nick Hern Books, February 1, 1996, cover price $20.95 | About this edition: A new translation of Jean Cocteau's greatest stage success.

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By Joss Ackland (narrator), Simon Callow (narrator) and Judi Dench (narrator)

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781859986653 | Abridged edition (Trafalgar Square Books, December 1, 1995), cover price $14.95

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Paperback:

9781557831194 | Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, September 1, 1991, cover price $18.99

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Product Description: ACTING IN RESTORATION COMEDY Series: Applause Acting Series Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books Medium: Softcover Arranger: Maria Aitken Composer: Simon Callow The art of acting in restoration comedy, the buoyant, often bowdy romps which celebrated the reopening of the English theatres after Cromwell's dour reign, is the subject of Simon Callow's bold investigation...read more

Hardcover:

9780936839882 | Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, April 1, 1991, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: ACTING IN RESTORATION COMEDY Series: Applause Acting Series Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books Medium: Softcover Arranger: Maria Aitken Composer: Simon Callow The art of acting in restoration comedy, the buoyant, often bowdy romps which celebrated the reopening of the English theatres after Cromwell's dour reign, is the subject of Simon Callow's bold investigation.

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