 
| | Beginnings: A Memoir: | Author: | | Foote, Horton | | Publisher: | | SCRIBNER | | ISBN: | | 9780743211154 | | SKU: | | 138526 | | Format: | | eBook | | Availability: | | Immediate download · Get it now |
Beginnings is the story of Foote's discovery of his own vocation. He didn't always want to write. When he left Wharton, Texas, at the age of sixteen to study at the Pasadena Playhouse, Foote aspired to be an actor. He remembers the terror and excitement of leaving home during the Depression, his early exposure to the influences of German theater, and the speech lessons he took to 'cure' him of his Southern drawl. He eventually arrives in New York to search for acting jobs and to study with some of the great Russian and American teachers of the 1930s. But after mixed results on the stage, he finally recognizes his true passion, writing.Click Here to download this eBook now |