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Many theatre scholars are familiar with the name Mercedes de Acosta but do not know the nature of her connection to the theatre—her close ties to notable actresses and the plays that she wrote. Robert A. Schanke has published two books that hope to clarify de Acosta's place in theatre history.
Women in Turmoil: Six Plays by Mercedes de Acosta. Book. Edited and with an introduction by Robert A. Schanke. 2008. Published by: Southern Illinois University Press. Series: Theater in the Americas. View. summary. In this first publication of six plays by the flamboyantly uninhibited author, poet, and playwright Mercedes de Acosta (1893–1968 ...
Added: May 12, 2004. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 8744496. Source citation. Author, folk figure. Born in New York City to wealthy Cuban immigrants, Mercedes often claimed she thought she was a boy named Raphael until she was seven. Through her sister Rita, who posed for well-known painters, Mercedes met Rodin, Stravinsky, and other notables in the ...
30 de mar. de 2021 · Aquellos dorados años veinte vieron su luz. Aquella década, cien años atrás, en la que Mercedes de Acosta brilló profesional y sentimentalmente, aunque se haya dado más relevancia a esto último, a sus relaciones amorosas, transgresoras y de crónica rosa. Poeta neoyorquina. Poeta de ascendencia cu
The author illustrates that Mercedes de Acosta was a devotee of the theatre throughout her lifetime and that she developed relationships with some of the most important performers of her day: dancers Tamara Karsavina and Isadora Duncan, whose autobiography she helped edit and helped ensure its publication in 1927; and actresses Alla Nazimova, Hope Williams, and Eva Le Gallienne, for whom she ...
10 de may. de 2004 · With “That Furious Lesbian” Schanke at last establishes Mercedes de Acosta’s rightful place as a pioneer—and indeed a champion—in the early struggle for lesbian rights in this country. Robert A. Schanke has edited a companion to this biography, Women in Turmoil: Six Plays by Mercedes de Acosta,also available from Southern Illinois ...
2 de jul. de 2003 · In this first book-length biography of Mercedes de Acosta, theatre historian Robert A. Schanke adroitly mines lost archival materials and mixes in his own interviews with de Acosta’ s intimates to correct established myths and at last construct an accurate, detailed, and vibrant portrait of the flamboyantly uninhibited early-twentieth-century author, poet, and playwright. Born to wealthy ...
