Spalding Rockwell Gray (1941–2004)
Autor(a) de Swimming to Cambodia
About the Author
Actor and performer Spalding Gray is the author of It's a Slippery Slope (Noonday, 1997), Swimming to Cambodia, and Monster in a Box, among other works. He has appeared on PBS and HBO, and in numerous films. He lives with his family in Sag Harbor, New York. (Bowker Author Biography)
Obras por Spalding Rockwell Gray
Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure [1987 TV movie] 2 exemplares
TDR #81: Autoperformance Issue 1 exemplar
PAJ #23 - The Living Theatre: Paradise Lost 1 exemplar
PAJ #16 1 exemplar
Associated Works
The Undiscovered Chekhov: Forty-Three New Stories (1998) — Prefácio, algumas edições — 61 exemplares
Take My Advice: Letters to the Next Generation from People Who Know a Thing or Two (2002) — Contribuidor — 44 exemplares
A Lifetime of Wisdom: Essential Writings By and About the Dalai Lama (2002) — Contribuidor — 23 exemplares
Performing Arts Journal: 16 (Volume VI / Number 1) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Performing Arts Journal: 13 (Volume V / Number 1) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Gray, Spalding Rockwell
- Outros nomes
- Victor Alexander
- Data de nascimento
- 1941-06-05
- Data de falecimento
- 2004-01-10
- Localização do túmulo
- Oakland Cemetery, Sag Harbor, New York, USA
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA (birth)
- Local de nascimento
- Providence, Rhode Island, USA
- Local de falecimento
- New York, New York, USA
- Causa da morte
- suicide
- Educação
- Emerson College (BA)
- Ocupações
- writer
actor - Relações
- Renee Shafransky (former spouse)
Kathie Russo (spouse)
Channing Gray (brother)
Rockwell Gray (brother) - Organizações
- Wooster Group (1969)
- Prémios e menções honrosas
- Guggenheim fellowship (1985)
artist in residence at Mark Taper Forum LA (1986-87)
Membros
Críticas
Not sure how to rate it, but I finished the book in one sitting—so I guess that's a good sign.
I hate how Spalding's life ended. Already a man known for fits of depression, a car accident in Ireland left him in grave pain with blinding headaches that wouldn't subside. So, one day, he stepped off the Staten Island Ferry and into the East River, ending a life of neurotic brilliance.
This book is a collection of a handful of scattered unpublished and unperformed works - mainly the monologue Spalding was working on at the time of his death, about the accident and his attempts to bounce back from the wreck. It's haunting, as is the subsequent "The Anniversary", a piece about 9/11.
Spalding had a gift - the trouble was, and he readily admitted it, that he had to keep having things 'happen to him' to give him his material for his monologues. The accident, sadly, was more than he could bear.
… (mais)
This book is a collection of a handful of scattered unpublished and unperformed works - mainly the monologue Spalding was working on at the time of his death, about the accident and his attempts to bounce back from the wreck. It's haunting, as is the subsequent "The Anniversary", a piece about 9/11.
Spalding had a gift - the trouble was, and he readily admitted it, that he had to keep having things 'happen to him' to give him his material for his monologues. The accident, sadly, was more than he could bear.
… (mais)
Very difficult book to read, even though you know how it's going to end. Not what I was expecting. I would only recommend to people who are extremely interested in him.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 21
- Also by
- 13
- Membros
- 2,020
- Popularidade
- #12,734
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 25
- ISBN
- 60
- Línguas
- 4
- Marcado como favorito
- 11
Gray's becoming a father helped him for once to care about other people. I found this part of his life very touching.