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Otherwise Engaged: The Life of Alan Bates
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In 1956, at the age of 22, Alan Bates was cast in John Osborne's controversial play, Look Back in Anger.
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The play changed the course of British theatre -- and of Alan's life. With a sudden rush of fame, he became a member of a new circle of actors at the Royal Court: the English Stage Company. He also worked steadily in major films, from A Kind of Loving and Zorba the Greek to Women in Love - and he won international acclaim for his performance as Guy Burgess in the television adaptation of An Englishman Abroad.
During his career, he appeared in more than 80 plays, 45 films and 32 television dramas, including major works by Simon Gray, Harold Pinter and Alan Bennett. Donald Spoto chronicles his achievements as a performer against the backdrop of a complicated person