MADCAP MAY: MISTRESS OF MYTH, MEN, AND HOPE
Book ID/图书代码： 12580015B84403
English Summary/英文概要： Popular actress and entertainer, Yohe (pronounced “yo-e”) was the drama queen of her time, yet today her truly fabulous story is unknown, her name unrecognized. MADCAP MAY tells the life story of the outrageous May Yohe (1866-1938) who charmed her way to international acclaim, despite tragic losses and demonstrates how a woman possessed of an indomitable spirit took control of her life and fought against entrenched institutions founded upon class, gender, social, and occupational privilege--and did so with incredible panache.
May Yohe was a popular entertainer from humble American origins who married and then abandoned a wealthy English Lord who owned the fabled Hope diamond-one of the most valuable objects in the world and now exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. May was a romantic who had numerous lovers and at least three husbands-though the tabloids rumored twelve. One included the playboy son of the Mayor of New York. May separated from him-twice-and cared for her next husband, a South African war hero and invalid whom she later shot.
Crossing the paths of Ethel Barrymore, Boris Karloff, Oscar Hammerstein, Teddy Roosevelt, Consuelo Vanderbilt, and the Prince of Wales, May Yohe was a foul-mouthed, sweet-voiced showgirl who drew both the praise and rebuke of Nobel laureate George Bernard Shaw. Nicknamed "Madcap May," she was a favorite of the press. In later years she faced several maternity claims and a law suit which she won. She was hospitalized in an insane asylum and escaped. She ran a rubber plantation in Singapore, a hotel in New Hampshire, and a chicken farm in Los Angeles. When all else failed, she washed floors in a Seattle shipyard, and during the Depression held a job as a government clerk. Shortly before her death, she fought, successfully, to regain her lost U.S. citizenship.
How was this woman, May Yohe, able to charm her way to international repute, live an impossible life, and also find the strength to persevere in light of the losses she suffered-in wealth, citizenship, love, and sanity? MADCAP MAY, assembled from her writings and historical interviews, archival records, newspaper stories, scrapbooks, photographs, playbills, theatrical reviews, souvenirs, and silent film, tells her heretofore lost story.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 约是流行女演员，也是娱乐明星，她是那个时期的戏剧女王，然而她的迷人故事时至今日却鲜少有人知道，她的名字也不再为人们所熟悉。《不羁的梅》讲述了当时红遍半边天的梅•约（1866-1938）的人生旅程，她曾经火遍全球，但却经历了悲剧性的重大损失；她的一生展现出一股女性所特有的不屈不挠的精神，她掌管自己的人生，与根深蒂固的体制观念进行斗争，不论是针对阶层问题，性别问题，社会问题，甚至是所有权问题，她都曾漂亮地出击。
梅•约是一名出生平凡的流行娱乐明星，她曾嫁给一名富裕的英国爵士，拥有世界上最无价的宝贝——传说中的希望钻石——但她却又抛弃了他，而这枚钻石如今则陈列在华盛顿D.C的史密森尼学会。梅生性浪漫，她拥有无数的爱人，至少有过三任丈夫，虽然小报曾称她曾有十二次婚姻恋爱经历。其中一名便是著名花花公子，纽约市长的儿子。梅曾与他分分合合两次，随后梅爱上了她的下一任丈夫，一名南非战争英雄。
梅与埃塞尔•巴里摩尔，波利斯•卡洛夫，奥斯卡•汉莫斯坦二世，西奥多•罗斯福，康斯威路•范德比尔特及威尔士王子等人都有所交集，梅•约的的确确就是那个口无遮拦，甜言蜜语的戏场女孩，就连诺贝尔奖获奖作家乔治•伯纳德•肖都对她又爱又恨。她也应此得名”放荡不羁的梅“，成为当时出版媒体届的宠儿。在人生的最后阶段，她的母亲身份数次受到指责，也经历了一场官司，虽然最终获胜。随后梅曾被安置在一间精神病院中并逃离。她曾在新加坡经营有一个橡胶种植园，在新汉布什尔州拥有一间饭店，并在洛杉矶有一间养鸡场。当一切都毁于一旦后，她也曾在西雅图的船甲板上清洗甲板，在大萧条时期在政府担任普通文员。即便是在去世前不久，她也曾为失去美国公民身份奋力抗争，并最终获得成功。
梅•约这个女人究竟如何用她的魅力征服了全世界？她过着如此超乎常人想象的生活，却能够找寻到坚持下去的力量并克服重重困难，即便她曾失去过财富一贫如洗，也曾失去公民身份，甚至曾失去爱， 失去精神理智？《不羁的梅》整合了许多梅自己留下的文字，历史访谈记录，存封的档案，新闻故事，剪贴报资讯，相片，剧院海报，剧集评论，纪念品及无声电影档案等，将为读者们呈现并讲述梅•约遗失至今的人生故事。（DC）
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About the Author/作者介绍： 里查德•库林是史密森尼学会历史艺术与文化部门副部长。他曾是富布莱特计划的一员并拥有芝加哥大学博士学位，他还著有作品《希望钻石：一颗受诅咒钻石的传奇史》（Hope Diamond: The Legendary History of a Cursed Gem），以及《文化经纪人反思录：史密森尼学会看文化》（Reflections of a Culture Broker: A View from the Smithsonian）。库林曾因杰出的服务与贡献被授予史密森尼学会金奖章及美国民俗文化协会Botkin 终身成就奖。
Richard Kurin is the Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture at the Smithsonian Institution. A former Fulbright fellow with a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, he is the author of Hope Diamond: The Legendary History of a Cursed Gem and Reflections of a Culture Broker: A View from the Smithsonian. Kurin has been awarded the Smithsonian Secretary’s Gold Medal for Exceptional Service and the American Folklore Society’s Botkin Prize for lifetime achievement.
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