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Karsh Portraits - W. Somerset Maugham
Karsh, Yousuf. Karsh Portraits (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1979)For those who have looked at W. Somerset Maugham’s photos from time to time, or even possessed some, may find the name Yousuf Karsh familiar. For those who find that Karsh’s name does not ring a bell, they only need to take a look of Hemingway’s photo on the cover to realize the fame of the portrait artist, whose subjects ranged from Albert Einstein, Prince Charles, Robert Frost, Pablo Picasso, Marshall McLuhan, George…
Marriages Are Made in Heaven by W. Somerset Maugham - The Venture. An Annual of Art and Literature
Marriages Are Made in Heaven (The Venture. An Annual of Art and Literature. London: John Baillie’s, 1903)Marriages Are Made in Heaven, W. Somerset Maugham’s first published play, a curtain-raiser, is relatively unknown except to familiar readers of his (his fans, that is). It was performed on 3 January 1902 at Schall und Rauch in Berlin in its German translation, done with the help of a friend according to Stott and by himself according to Calder, as Schiffbrüchig (“Shipwrecked”), produced by M…