Aston, Elaine. “Pam Gems: Body Politics and Biography”. The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Women Playwrights, edited by Elaine Aston and Janelle Reinelt, Cambridge University Press, pp. 157-73.
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Marlene Dietrich
Standard Name: Dietrich, Marlene
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Intertextuality and Influence | Pam Gems | PG
chose to base her play on Mann
's novel of 1905 instead of the well-known 1930 film by Josef von Sternberg
, which starred Marlene Dietrich
. Demastes, William W., editor. British Playwrights, 1956-1995. Greenwood Press. 163 |
| Performance of text | Pam Gems | PG
's play with music entitled Marlene, successor to her Blue Angel, opened at the OldhamColiseum Theatre
, with Siân Phillips
starring as Marlene Dietrich
. Aston, Elaine. “Pam Gems: Body Politics and Biography”. The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Women Playwrights, edited by Elaine Aston and Janelle Reinelt, Cambridge University Press, pp. 157-73. 166, 172 Gems, Pam. Marlene. Oberon Books. 12, 14 |
| Textual Features | Pam Gems | PG
, an avid movie-goer in her youth, had long admired Dietrich
, whom she saw as a modern icon. A made woman. A stayer. Tough, hard to please, alluring, comforting . . . and... |
Timeline
6 May 1992: Marlene Dietrich died at the age of ninety;...
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6 May 1992
Marlene Dietrich
died at the age of ninety; her career in cabaret and films had spanned 1930s Berlin and postwar Hollywood.
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