Benedict Cumberbatch, In Transition: An Unauthorised Performance Biography

Lynnette Porter

Research output: Book/ReportBook

Abstract

This performance biography is an analysis of a man in transition from working actor to multimedia star, as well as the balance between actor and celebrity. It looks at what makes this actor so well suited to play one of popular culture's iconic characters, Sherlock Holmes, and how Sherlock is so well suited to propel Cumberbatch toward greater global fame.

Original languageAmerican English
StatePublished - 2013

Keywords

  • Benedict Cumberbatch
  • celebrity studies

Disciplines

  • Acting
  • Other Film and Media Studies
  • Performance Studies

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