Donald Spoto

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This is the first complete, critical biography of Tennessee Williams (1911-1983), one of America's finest playwrights and the author of (among many important works) The Glass Menagerie, Summer and Smo...

In 1956 at the age of 22 Alan Bates was cast in John Osborne's controversial play Look Back in Anger . The play changed the course of British theatre - and of Alan's life. With a sudden rush of fame h...

'I've been protected by studio publicity men most of my life so in some ways I'm a goddam image not a person. I was a commodity a piece of property... I felt an overwhelming obligation to my career an...

The inspiration behind BBC2's The Girl starring Toby Jones and Sienna Miller Spellbound by Beauty examines Hitchcock's relationship with his leading ladies including Tippi Hendren and Grace Kelly. Hit...

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