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THEATER AND MAGIC HISTORIAN Jim Steinmeyer looks into the inspirations for Bram Stoker’s DRACULA. Spooky fun!
Grade: B PLUS
WHO WAS DRACULA? BRAM STOKER'S TRAIL OF BLOOD
Penguin/Tarcher
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Biography, History, Literary History, Non-Fiction, Theater
BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN BIO of Pulitzer-winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein is hampered by its subject’s reserve.
Grade: SOLID B
WENDY AND THE LOST BOYS: THE UNCOMMON LIFE OF WENDY WASSERSTEIN
Penguin
2011
Tags: Biography, LGBTQ Interest, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews, Theater, Women's Issues
FASCINATING BIOGRAPHY of Thurston the Magician, Houdini’s greatest rival and a pioneer of modern stage magic.
Grade: A MINUS
THE LAST GREATEST MAGICIAN IN THE WORLD
Penguin
2011
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Biography, Non-Fiction, Stage Magic, Theater
RICHLY DETAILED BIOGRAPHY of Victorian England’s greatest acting duo follows the public and private lives of each. A MINUS
A STRANGE EVENTFUL HISTORY: THE DRAMATIC LIVES OF ELLEN TERRY, HENRY IRVING, AND THEIR REMARKABLE FAMILIES by Michael Holroyd
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux
March 2009
Grade: A MINUS
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Biography, England, History, Non-Fiction, Theater