I Will Be Cleopatra. An Actress's Journey.

First edition. 12mo. 218 pp., b/w photographic plates. Quarter-bound grey boards over black spine, lettered in silver foil. Jacket design by Ingsu Liu with blurbs by Terrence McNally, Shirley Hazzard and Arthur Miller.

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The memoirs of the Australian classical actress who has won 4 Tony Awards and formed the basis of The Norton Lectures, which Caldwell delivered at the New York Public Library in October 2001. A life which begins in the suburbs of Melbourne and culminates in her portrayal of Cleopatra, Shakespeare's greatest female role. One of the great stage actors of our time, Zoe Caldwell worked with Paul Robeson, Laurence Olivier, Edith Evans, John Gielgud and Tennessee Williams. "A great book by a great actress about a great art." –Australian Book Review