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The Understudy

by Elia Kazan
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Overview

THE UNDERSTUDY swirls through a wealth of environments: the Broadway stage, a mind-blown safari in east Africa, a Hollywood film studio, a closing-night cast party in Boston, New York's underworld and its straight analog, the television industry.

Drawing on his experience as a director, Elia Kazan enhances the meaning of "arrangement" to encompass the sexual accommodations most people live by...and lie about.

Kazan's films have become classics. VIVA ZAPATA!, EAST OF EDEN and A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE secured his reputation, and he won Academy Awards for GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT and ON THE WATERFRONT.

Synopsis

The characters are all but one drawn from a living person, Elia Kazan himself according to what he said.

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Book Details

Published
January 1, 1976
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pages
414
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780446816465

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