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Will She Do?: Act One of a Life on Stage de Eileen Atkins

Will She Do?: Act One of a Life on Stage: Eileen Atkins

Autor Eileen Atkins
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 iun 2022

Bazându-ne pe amintirile strânse de-a lungul a opt decenii, remarcăm cum Will She Do? se deschide cu imaginea unei fetițe de șase ani, poreclită „Baby Eileen”, care pășește timid pe scenele improvizate ale cluburilor muncitorești din Londra anilor '40. Sursa acestor mărturii nu este doar memoria prodigioasă a uneia dintre cele mai mari actrițe ale lumii, ci și o dorință onestă de a documenta o ascensiune improbabilă. Eileen Atkins nu s-a născut în privilegii; fiica unui cititor de contoare electrice și a unei croitorese din Tottenham, ea a trebuit să navigheze prin prejudecățile de clasă ale Angliei postbelice pentru a-și împlini ambiția de a juca. Ca și That's Another Story de Julie Walters, această biografie transformă documentele unei vieți trăite sub reflector într-o narațiune plină de duh și autoironie despre identitate și succes. Observăm o structură narativă care echilibrează perfect momentele absurde ale debutului cu rigoarea artistică ce a consacrat-o. Deși este cunoscută pentru adaptarea literară Mrs Dalloway sau pentru piesa Vita & Virginia, unde a explorat profunzimile intelectuale ale Bloomsbury, aici Atkins adoptă un ton mult mai direct și pământean. Considerăm că forța acestui volum rezidă în onestitatea brutală cu care descrie perioada de treizeci de ani de „ucenicie” până la succesul fulminant de pe Broadway cu The Killing of Sister George. Este o cronică a Londrei în timp de război și o mărturie despre cum talentul brut se șlefuiește prin perseverență, oferind o perspectivă rară asupra culiselor teatrului britanic, departe de strălucirea artificială a premiilor Emmy sau BAFTA câștigate ulterior.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780349014678
ISBN-10: 0349014671
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 126 x 196 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Virago
Seria Eileen Atkins

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte oricărui pasionat de istoria teatrului și a cinematografiei care dorește să înțeleagă parcursul real din spatele unei Dame a Imperiului Britanic. Cititorul câștigă o lecție autentică despre reziliență și mobilitate socială, totul servit cu umorul sec specific lui Eileen Atkins. Este o lectură esențială pentru cei care au apreciat interpretările sale din The Crown sau Cranford și vor să descopere vocea din spatele personajelor.

Despre autor

Dame Eileen Atkins este o figură emblematică a scenei și ecranului, cu o carieră începută în 1957. Recunoscută la nivel internațional pentru versatilitatea sa, a interpretat roluri memorabile în producții clasice și contemporane, fiind recompensată cu un premiu Emmy, un premiu BAFTA și trei premii Olivier. Pe lângă succesul ca actriță, Atkins s-a remarcat ca scenaristă, câștigând premiul Evening Standard pentru adaptarea romanului Mrs Dalloway, și ca minte creativă în spatele celebrului serial Upstairs, Downstairs. Această primă lucrare autobiografică, scrisă la 86 de ani, încununează o viață dedicată artelor spectacolului.

Descriere

'She is the cur's cods, the terrier's testicles, the business. I will go farther and declare that Atkins is the finest actor appearing in the world right now' - A. A. Gill


Will She Do? is the story of a girl from a council estate in Tottenham, born in 1934 to an electric-meter reader and a seamstress, who was determined to be an actress.

Candid and witty, this memoir takes her from her awkward performances in working-men's clubs at six years of age as dancing 'Baby Eileen', through the war years in London, to her breakthrough at thirty-two on Broadway with The Killing of Sister George, for which she received the first of four Tony Award nominations. She co-created Upstairs, Downstairs and wrote the screenplay for Mrs Dalloway (for which she won an Evening Standard Award) and at aged eighty-six, this is her first autobiographical work.

Characterised by an eye for the absurd, a terrific knack for storytelling and an insistence on honesty, Will She Do? is a wonderful raconteur's tale about family, about class, about youthful ambition and big dreams and what really goes on behind the scenes.

Made a Dame in 1991, Eileen Atkins has been on American and British stage and screen since 1957 and has won an Emmy, a BAFTA and is a three-time Olivier Award winner; her theatre performances include The Height of the Storm, Ellen Terry, All that Fall and she has appeared in television and films ranging from Doc Martin to Cranford to The Crown.

Recenzii

There is something about those large eyes and that steadfast look that tells you that you are in the presence of a remarkable actor; and so it has proved in a career that has encompassed everything from Greek tragedy and Ibsen to Pinter and Albee, and that has led Atkins to be revered on both sides of the Atlantic . . . Vanessa Redgrave seems to have direct access to some other world. Judi Dench has the capacity to merge laughter and tears in a single moment. The greatness of Eileen Atkins, who is their peer, lies in her uncanny emotional directness and her ability to make her eyes the window to her soul
For some of us she cannot be on stage enough . . . she makes you feel the particular thing she is doing can only be for you . . . And I would give away all my West End tickets to again watch Eileen Atkins, peerlessly subtle, conjuring up Shakespeare's women - and one of his men - in her one-person show
Atkins's [memoir] is bliss: so funny and atmospheric and true. It's not only that she has a way of bringing her more antic characters vividly to life ( that goes for Laurence Olivier and Alec Guinness as well as the pretentious Madame Yandie). She's honest about herself, too, as content to relate her humiliations as her triumphs
From anyone else, this would be outrageous name-dropping, but actor Dame Eileen Atkins has gone toe to toe with them all over a career spanning seven decades and countless triumphs, the first few of which are documented in her richly enjoyable memoir, Will She Do?
Will She Do? displays the emotional intelligence, acute observation, wry humour and above all honesty that distinguish Atkins's acting . . . this is an exhilarating portrait of an actress who has surmounted seemingly insuperable odds to reach the pinnacle of her profession. The answer to the question in the title is self-evident
Will there be a further volume? I hope so. Cross and impatient Eileen may be, but as an actress she is at the top of the pyramid, and as a writer she is very fine, with a wit drier than a martini
Eileen Atkins's memoir Will She Do? is just a tiny bit better than the one I've recently published. It hurts me deeply to say that, but hers is a glorious book, and fascinating on the English class system. She's only seven years older than me - she's eighty-seven - but she showed me a working-class world I didn't know at all
I really hope she's planning to write a few more volumes. She's a gifted storyteller, who writes evocatively about her childhood on a Tottenham council estate in the Second World War, and has a knack for a sharp anecdote. And oh, those anecdotes! . . . A rollicking ride through the early career of one of our greatest acting dames
Yes, she will: this vivid, honest memoir by a great actress and a natural writer goes down a treat
Will She Do? is the story of a girl from a council estate in Tottenham - born in 1934 to an electric-meter reader and a seamstress - who was determined to be an actress.


Candid and witty, this memoir takes her from her awkward performances in working-men's clubs at six years of age as dancing 'Baby Eileen', through the war years in London, to her breakthrough at thirty-two on Broadway with The Killing of Sister George ; it's about family, about class, about youthful ambition, about big dreams and what really goes on behind the scenes.

`Startling, candid and often disquietingly funny - Atkins proves to be a marvellous raconteur... she's never, ever dull' - Miranda Seymour, FT

'Oh, those anecdotes! . . . A rollicking ride through the early career of one of our greatest acting dames' Evening Standard


'Displays the emotional intelligence, acute observation, wry humour and above all honesty that distinguish Atkins's acting . . . exhilarating' Spectator


'Dame Eileen Atkins has gone toe to toe with them all over a career spanning seven decades and countless triumphs' Radio Times

Made a Dame in 1991, Eileen Atkins has been on American and British stage and screen since 1957 and has won an Emmy, a BAFTA and is a three-time Olivier Award winner.