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10 de may. de 2004 · 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.
In this first publication of six plays by the flamboyantly uninhibited author, poet, and playwright Mercedes de Acosta (1893-1968), theater historian Robert A. Schanke rescues these lost theatrical writings from the dusty margins of obscurity. Often autobiographical, always rife with gender struggle, and still decidedly stageworthy, "Women in ...
Mercedes de Acosta (March 1, 1893 – May 9, 1968) was an American poet, playwright, and novelist. In her 1960 autobiography, Here Lies the Heart, she claimed to have been intimate with Isadora Duncan, Marlene Dietrich , Alice B. Toklas, Marie Laurencin, Eva Le Gallienne, Malvina Hoffman, Adele Astaire and Greta Garbo.
17 de mar. de 2017 · To mark Women's History Month, The Advocate will feature a different queer woman from history each day. Today we remember novelist, playwright, and lover of many famous women, Mercedes De Acosta.
Mercedes de Acosta (March 1, 1892 - May 9, 1968) was an American poet, playwright, costume designer, and socialite De Acosta wrote almost a dozen plays, only 4 of which were produced,; she also published a novel and 3 volumes of poetry. She was professionally unsuccessful but is known for her many lesbian affairs with famous Broadway and Hollywood personalities, and numerous friendships with ...
23 de mar. de 2018 · Mercedes de Acosta. Desperate : typescript, 1932.Mercedes de Acosta. Jehanne d’Arc : typescript with underlining, 1922.Video production provided by students ...
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and work of Mercedes de Acosta (1893-1968), an avowed lesbian playwright, novelist, and poet who during her lifetime was vilified as a calculating seductress and who died penniless and forgotten. "To the manner born," with family connections to New York City's high society and the theatrical world, de Acosta grew up surrounded by neigh
