THE ACTRESSES
Book ID/图书代码： 07980006B08784
English Summary/英文概要： Sometimes successful, often not, the life of an actress is never dull but what happens when you reach fifty? If you’re an actor, the work pours in; if you’re an actress, suddenly the wrinkles start showing, the boobs sag, that young sprite who’s just left college last year is the tops. So it seems, anyhow, to this group of thespians, now all in their fifties, meeting for a drama school reunion. There’s Juliet, beautiful, brittle star of the stage, all out for her big screen break; lovely Pauline, a good actress in her own right but often overshadowed by her ebullient actor husband Anthony; blowsy, breezy, sexy soap star Molly; the three wise monkeys Emmy Lou, Franny and dear old Harry; sweet Izzy and gorgeous Terence Blue, Hollywood superstar, heart throb extraordinaire. But age doesn’t wipe out desire, ambition or memory. So when the celebrations culminate in an accusation of rape, the past comes flooding back and the present takes extraordinary and unexpected turns.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 女演員的人生雖然不一定成功，但是絕對不會枯燥無味。然而到她五十歲的時候呢？如果你是一位男演員，那麼工作機會將源源而至；但如果你是一位女演員，突然之間，皺紋掩飾不住了，乳房下垂，那些去年剛剛畢業的小妖精，成了新寵兒。本書中。一群來參加戲劇學院聚會的悲慘女演員，都五十幾歲了。漂亮的朱麗亞正竭力想突破她在螢幕上的表現；可愛而優秀的玻琳，常常被她熱情洋溢的丈夫，模糊了她真正的野心與人生目標；還有性感的影星莫莉……年齡擋不住慾望、記憶，當她們聚在一起，侃侃而談自己的困擾，過去就像洪水一樣湧上心頭，出乎意料的，生活也發生了不可思議的變化…
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About the Author/作者介绍： Barbara Ewing (born 1944) is a UK-based actress, playwright and novelist. Born in New Zealand, she graduated from Victoria University of Wellington with a BA in English and Maori before coming to Britain in 1965 to train as an actress at RADA (the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) in London. Barbara Ewing lives in London. She won the Bancroft Gold Medal at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She made her film debut in the horror film Torture Garden (1967) for Amicus Productions, followed by Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) with Christopher Lee for Hammer Films. Both movies were directed by Freddie Francis.
The television role for which she is best remembered is that of Bradley Hardacre’s mistress Agnes Fairchild in the Granada Television comedy series Brass, alongside Timothy West (1982-84). In 1986, she played Treen Dudgeon in the short-lived BBC series Comrade Dad, alongside George Cole and Doris Hare.
Her 1989 one-woman show, Alexandra Kollontai, about the only woman in Lenin’s cabinet in 1917 was a great hit in London, and at the Edinburgh and Sydney Festivals.
More recent TV appearances have included episodes of Casualty, Doctors and Holby City on the BBC, and The Bill and Peak Practice on ITV, as well as appearances in various adaptations of Ruth Rendell mysteries.
Ewing has written 7 novels to date:
Strangers (1978)
The Actresses (1997)
A Dangerous Vine (1999)
The Trespass (2002)
Rosetta (2005)
The Mesmerist (2007)
THE FRAUD (2009)
這位擁有英國皇家戲劇學院與紐西蘭威靈頓大學英國文學院雙料傲人學歷的知名女演員，除了戲劇成就卓越，文學著作亦有可觀，她豐富的表演背景，讓她的小說充滿了迷人的魅力，讓讀者猶如坐在劇場或螢光幕、銀幕前，目瞪口呆的欣賞她帶來的故事。
Barbara Ewing是英語世界家喻戶曉的老牌演員，也積極參與舞台劇的演出，年輕時從恐怖片起家的她，還曾經與飾演德古拉而爆紅的克利斯多夫˙李（三劍客、斷頭谷、魔戒、星際大戰等片的演員），合演過吸血鬼經典名片。她近年來積極參與電視劇的演出，持續在BBC有作品播放中。
Barbara Ewing迄今已有六部小說問世，創作質量兼具，也屢獲讀者青睞，登上暢銷書排行榜。明年四月，Barbara Ewing的最新力作THE FRAUD即將問世，相當受到各界期待。
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