Leaving a Doll’s House (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Claire Bloom
- First Published: 1996
- Type of Work: Memoir
- Time of Work: 1931 to 1996
- Setting: London and New York City
- Principal Characters: Claire Bloom, Edward Bloom, Elizabeth Bloom, Charlie Chaplin, Richard Burton, Rod Steiger, Hillard Elkins, Philip Roth, Anna Justine Steiger
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography, Memoir
- Subjects: Family or family life, Self-discovery, Wives, Acting or actors, Love or romance, Art or artists, Abandoned children, Men
- Locales: New York, NY, London, England
In film history, Claire Bloom will be remembered as the vibrant young star of one of Charlie Chaplin’s greatest works, Limelight (1952). On the stage, she appeared in historic revivals of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire. In television, she scored a brilliant success in the adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s masterpiece, Brideshead Revisited. Although she acknowledges that her career has had its ups and downs—an unevenness that plagues most actors and actresses who are at the mercy of fashion, producers, and...
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