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Design for living : Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne : a biography  Cover Image Book Book

Design for living : Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne : a biography / Margot Peters.

Peters, Margot, (author.).

Summary:

A portrait of the celebrated acting duo describes their paradoxical on-stage symmetry and off-stage brawls, the latter of which inspired the musical "Kiss Me Kate."

Record details

  • ISBN: 0375411178
  • ISBN: 9780375411175
  • Physical Description: xvi, 394 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : A.A. Knopf, [2003]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Lynn's way: 1887-1919 -- Alfred's way: 1892-1919 -- Dulcy marries Clarence: 1919-1922 -- Enter the guardsman: 1922-1925 -- Pure gold: 1925-1929 -- Merger: 1928-1931 -- A good depression: 1931-1933 -- London; a flop; a hit: 1933-1936 -- Idiot's delight and Amphitryon: 1936-1938 -- Searching: 1938-1940 -- There shall be no night: 1940-1942 -- A very good war: 1942-1945 -- Comfy laurels: 1946-1951 -- The Met; Noel encore; Ondine: 1951-1957 -- American Quadrille and a pair of mind readers: 1954-1957 -- The visit: 1957-1960 -- "When a good play comes along": 1960-1970 -- The best revenge: 1971-1983.
Subject: Lunt, Alfred.
Fontanne, Lynn.
Actors > United States > Biography.

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Baker County Library 792.0280922 .L964p 2003 (Text) 37814003706380 NON-FICTION - NEW Checked out 05/29/2025

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