Marlene - Paperback

by Pam Gems (Author)

This West End and Broadway hit is set in Paris in the 1970s. Legendary screen and stage actress, Marlene Dietrich, now in her seventies, prepares for her evening performance.

Back Jacket

Paris, the 1970s. Legendary screen and stage actress, Marlene Dietrich, now in her seventies, is preparing for her evening's solo performance... A moving celebration of the woman behind the myth, Marlene was an immediate success when it first opened, with an outstanding performance by the incomparable Sian Phillips. The play transferred to the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, followed by a national tour.

Author Biography

Pam Gems' first major success was Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi staged in 1976. Among her other best-known works are Piaf (1978), Camille (1984), The Danton Affair (1986), The Blue Angel (1991), The Snow Palace (1997) and Stanley (1997), based on the life of the painter Stanley Spencer, first produced at the RNT.