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20 de may. de 2021 · Abstract: Mercedes de Acosta (1893-1968) was a novelist, playwright, poet, Hollywood scriptwriter, and a prominent member of gay society in New York and Hollywood. The Mercedes de Acosta papers contain correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and ephemera documenting her professional and personal life.
10 de may. de 2004 · With “That Furious Lesbian” Schanke at last establishes Mercedes de Acosta’s rightful place as a pioneer—and indeed a champion—in the early struggle for lesbian rights in this country. Robert A. Schanke has edited a companion to this biography, Women in Turmoil: Six Plays by Mercedes de Acosta,also available from Southern Illinois ...
The author illustrates that Mercedes de Acosta was a devotee of the theatre throughout her lifetime and that she developed relationships with some of the most important performers of her day: dancers Tamara Karsavina and Isadora Duncan, whose autobiography she helped edit and helped ensure its publication in 1927; and actresses Alla Nazimova, Hope Williams, and Eva Le Gallienne, for whom she ...
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3 de jul. de 2015 · Mercedes de Acosta was born in New York in 1893, one of eight children in a rich Spanish-Cuban family. Her older sister Rita (profiled in an earlier post) became a prominent socialite, art patron, and fashion icon whose circle of friends included Degas, Rodin, Tolstoy, Bernhardt, Debussy, and Sargent.Rita’s wardrobe became the start of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
19 de mar. de 2023 · Mercedes de Acosta simply knew an awful lot of famous people, and some — many —played an important role in her life story. Some saw their inclusion in the book as Mercedes ‘outing’ them. Certainly, it doesn’t take much reading between the lines to work out who are the gays and lesbians among the people mentioned.
Many theatre scholars are familiar with the name Mercedes de Acosta but do not know the nature of her connection to the theatre—her close ties to notable actresses and the plays that she wrote. Robert A. Schanke has published two books that hope to clarify de Acosta's place in theatre history.
