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But will it get a laugh? : the life of Doris Hare in three acts / Kate Crehan.
Van Pelt Library PN2598.G45 C74 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crehan, Kate A. F., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hare, Doris, 1905-2000.
- Hare, Doris.
- Actors--Great Britain--Biography.
- Actors.
- Theater--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Theater.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 298 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Society for Theatre Research, 2022.
- Summary:
- "A biography of Doris Hare (1905-2000) by her daughter, CUNY professor Kate Crehan. Beginning as a child actor with her parents' portable theatre touring the mining towns of South Wales, achieving success in cabaret and revue in the 1930s, Doris became a household name during the War, hosting a popular radio programme Shipmates Ashore. Twenty years later -- after stints with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre -- she again became a household name playing Mum in On the Buses. This biography draws on family recollections, interviews with colleagues and fans, and the photographs, documents and mementoes collected by Doris herself, which cover the Hare family's history and her own career."--Publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibilographical references (pages 273-279) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0854300864
- 9780854300860
- OCLC:
- 1353751373
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