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	'Design for Living: Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, a Biography'
		Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne had style and charm and made a wonderful life in the theater.
		Lunt was greatly admired by those we think of as giants -- Olivier, Gielgud, Guinness -- and he was widely regarded as their American equivalent.
		I fully believe the inscription on their memorial: "Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne were universally regarded as the greatest acting team in the history of the English-speaking theater.
	www.post-gazette.com /books/reviews/20031221luntsbookfnp5.asp (672 words)

	JS Online: Lunt-Fontanne hospitality was legendary, too
		For decades, Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne were considered the first couple of the American theater, and their estate reflects their status.
		Alfred Lunt would be waiting for you, all 6-foot-3 of him, with a picnic hamper that might well contain spirits as well as sandwiches for the drive west to Delafield, then south to Genesee Depot.
		Alfred's certificate of graduation from the Parisian culinary arts school, Le Cordon Bleu, still hangs in the spacious, well-appointed kitchen, vivid testimony to the many dinners he prepared for celebrity guests and family - meals elevated by brilliant repartee and memories of shared theatrical catastrophes.
	www.jsonline.com /onwisconsin/arts/may03/139583.asp (1676 words)

	glbtq >> arts >> Lunt, Alfred , and Lynn Fontanne
		Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne delighted Broadway audiences with their masterful stagecraft.
		They became known as the first family of the American theater, but theirs was a lavender marriage (that is, a marriage of a gay man and a lesbian designed to create and sustain the illusion of heterosexuality), and their presentation of themselves as the ideal American couple may have been their most skillful performance.
		Lunt was educated at the private Milwaukee Academy and then at the Carroll College Academy in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
	www.glbtq.com /arts/lunt_fontanne.html (750 words)

	Alfred Lunt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alfred Lunt (August 12, 1892–August 3, 1977) was an American actor.
		Along with his wife Lynn Fontanne, who he married May 26, 1922 in New York City, was half of the pre-eminent Broadway acting couple in American history.
		Ten Chimneys, Alfred and Lynn's estate in southeast Wisconsin, is now a world-class house museum and resource center for theater.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alfred_Lunt (146 words)

	Ten Chimneys: Who were Lynn Fontanne & Alfred Lunt?
		Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne are widely considered the greatest acting team in the history of American theatre.
		In fact, the Lunts' devotion to excellence was matched only by the respect and affection they inspired in their peers and protégés alike.
		Ten Chimneys, the estate lovingly created by theatre legends Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, is open to the public as a world-class house museum and resource for theatre, arts, and arts education.
	www.tenchimneys.org /lynn_and_alfred.php (1309 words)

	Lunt, Alfred; and Fontanne, Lynn -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Lunt, Alfred; and Fontanne, Lynn -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		A seemingly ageless star on Broadway for 40 years, Lynn Fontanne joined with her husband, Alfred Lunt, to form one of the greatest husband-and-wife teams in the history of the theater.
		Born in Milwaukee, Wis., Alfred Lunt was a leading man of the American stage for nearly half a century.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9049392?tocId=9049392 (839 words)

	AllRefer.com - Lunt, Alfred, and Lynn Fontanne (Theater, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Lunt, Alfred, and Lynn Fontanne[fontan´] Pronunciation Key, 1887?–1983, b.
		Lunt made his debut in Boston (1913), toured in vaudeville, and won fame in Tarkington's Clarence in 1919.
		The Lunts played in There Shall Be No Night (1940) and in The Visit (1957–60) and performed together in films and television plays.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/Lunt-Alf.html (230 words)

	Ten Chimneys - Home of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne
		In 1914, Alfred Lunt came into an inheritance from his father and purchased undeveloped land in Genesee Depot where he and his family often picnicked.
		In 1922-23, after the Lunts were married, the house was extensively remodeled and the chicken coop was converted into a cottage for Lynn and Alfred to live in when they weren't performing.
		Alfred's mother and sister moved into the cottage (the former chicken coop), which the Lunts renamed "the hen house." In the same year, a Swedish log cabin was disassembled in Sweden, shipped over to America, and reassembled on the grounds of the Lunts' estate as a Studio for artistic creation and collaboration.
	www.tenchimneys.org /index.php (1738 words)

	Lunt, Alfred, and Lynn Fontanne on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Lunts also played in weightier dramas, including There Shall Be No Night (1940) and The Visit (1957-60), their last joint appearance, and performed together in films and television plays.
		A cigarette box inscribed from Noel Coward is on display at the home of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, two of the top stage actors in the 1920s, in Genessee Depot, Wisconsin.
		The estate of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, two of the top stage actors in the 1920s, has been restored in Genessee Depot, Wisconsin.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/L/Lunt-A1lf.asp (592 words)

	Actors' country estate issues invitation
		Lunt and Fontanne were one of the most popular stage couples ever, co-starring is such plays as Pygmalion, Design for Living, There Shall Be No Night and their last production, The Visit, which ran from 1957 to 1960.
		Lunt chose the estate's location - Genesee Depot, a small town about 30 miles west of Milwaukee, where he was born (Fontanne was born in London.) - because his family had picnics there when he was a child.
		Lunt died in a Chicago hospital in 1977 at age 84, and Fontanne died in her bed at the estate in 1983 at 96.
	www.cincinnati.com /travel/stories/051803_tenchimneys.html (800 words)

	Footlights.com - Your Guide to Performing Arts and Entertainment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The famed acting duo Lunt and Fontanne were elegance personified, much admired on and off the stage for their wit, talent, loyalty, and charm.
		Born and raised in Milwaukee, Alfred Lunt purchased a parcel of land in Genesee Depot in 1914, using an inheritance from his father.
		When the Lunts signed with the prestigious Theatre Guild in the mid-1920s, their contracts stipulated that they be released during the summers, so that they could return to their beloved piece of land in Wisconsin.
	www.footlights.com /ArchiveArticle-Details.cfm?ID=63 (866 words)

	Design for Living : Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne were the greatest star couple of the American theater of the 20th century, probably of all time.
		The Lunts had scores of friends, many of them gay, yet Peters cannot find a single person in the loop who acknowledges they were gay.
		Lunt is clearly her favorite of the duo.
	e-acting.com /isbn0375411178.html (949 words)

	JS Online: Ten Chimneys takes a bow
		The home of Broadway legends Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne from the mid-1920s until the 1960s, it has played host to countless stage and film stars.
		The proclamation was made as a way to "pay tribute to the legacy of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne - and historic significance of Ten Chimneys," but for Doyle, it was also personal.
		After Lunt died in 1977 and Fontanne in 1983, the home was saved and restored with $12.8 million in donations.
	www.jsonline.com /news/wauk/may04/232369.asp?format=print (986 words)

	Lunt, Alfred, and Lynn Fontanne. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Lunt made his debut in Boston (1913), toured in vaudeville, and won fame in Booth Tarkington’s Clarence in 1919.
		Fontanne made her London debut in 1905 and her first appearance in New York City in 1910.
		The Lunts also played in weightier dramas, including There Shall Be No Night (1940) and The Visit (1957–60), their last joint appearance, and performed together in films and television plays.
	www.bartleby.com /65/lu/Lunt-Alf.html (187 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Design for Living: Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Lunt (1892-1977) overcame childhood scarlet fever and loss of a kidney to pursue acting.
		From Shakespeare to Shaw to Sherwood, the Lunts had the power to revitalize classics and create new ones, and could catapult a fledgling playwright to instant fame by sheer dint of their appearances.
		DESIGN FOR LIVING is a biography of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, extremely popular husband and wife stage actors in the first half of the 20th century.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0375411178 (858 words)

	Talkin' Broadway - What's New on the Rialto? - "Book Review: Design for Living: Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne" - ...
		By the time Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne got married in 1922, they were both established actors on the verge of major stardom.
		A new biography of the couple, Margot Peters's Design for Living: Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne (Knopf; $30), was recently published.
		Alfred's early years were shadowed by illness and death.
	www.talkinbroadway.com /rialto/past/2003/11_17_03.html (1182 words)

	Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 2002192480 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne worked together so imaginatively, so seamlessly onstage that they seemed to fuse into one person.
		We follow the Lunts through triumphs in plays such as The Guardsman, The Taming of the Shrew, and Design for Living; through friendships and feuds; through the intricate way they worked with such playwrights and directors as S. Behrman, Robert Sherwood, Giraudoux, Dürrenmatt, Peter Brook, and with each other.
		Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne were once described as an “amazing duet of intelligence and gaiety.” Margot Peters re-creates the fun and the fireworks.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/description/random0414/2002192480.html (420 words)

	UW-Madison Libraries News - Peters to discuss life of Broadway legends Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		MADISON, Wis.-- Margot Peters, author and former professor of English at UW-Whitewater, will explore the interaction between artists and their milieu in a lecture titled "Genius and Place: Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, and Life at Ten Chimneys" on Thursday, September 30 at 4:30 p.m.
		When Broadway legends Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne took a break from New York city theater life, they would retire to Ten Chimneys, their estate in Genesee Depot, Wisconsin.
		Peters is the author of Design for Living: Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, as well as several other biographies, including Unquiet Soul: a Biography of Charlotte Bronte, Bernard Shaw and the Actresses, Mrs.
	library.wisc.edu /libraries/news/releases/2004/20040923-Peters.shtml (224 words)

	Amazon.ca: Video: The Guardsman [IMPORT] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Theatrical legends Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne act together in their only movie.
		Lunt re-invents himself all disguised as a Russian guardsman - to whom his wife seems a veritable pushover............Does she know all along that the mysterious Russian is her husband?
		There were no stars in the Hollywood of 1931 who could even approximate the Lunts' blend of class, style, technique and theatrical rapport.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/6302593263 (285 words)

	Jarry, Alfred -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
		During his lifetime Alfred Nobel reaped millions of dollars in profits from his invention and manufacture of high explosives.
		The motion picture director Alfred Hitchcock was a master of suspense and horror films.
		In 1912 the German meteorologist Alfred Wegener proposed that throughout most of geologic time there was only one continental mass, which he named Pangaea or “All-earth,” and one ocean, called Panthalassa or “All-sea.” His theory is known as the continental-drift theory.
	concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9368460?tocId=9368460 (676 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Design for Living : Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		As icons of the theater, few names are as illustrious as those of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.
		Treating her subjects with a balanced reverence and learned recognition, Peters has penned an engrossing biography as stylish and charming as the Lunts themselves.
		Peters, Margot: Design for Living: Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0375411178?v=glance (1993 words)

	1999 Stamp Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Lunt (1892-1977) and Fontanne (1887-1983) are considered the greatest husband-and-wife team in the history of the American stage.
		They met and first acted together in 1919 and married in 1922.
		Drew Struzan illustrated the stamp’s double portrait, which was based on a publicity photo depicting the couple as they appeared early in their 34-year reign as the leading couple of the American stage.
	www.usps.com /images/stamps/99/lunt_fontaine.htm (151 words)

	Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne
		Called the greatest husband and wife team in theater history, Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne appeared in their first play together, A Young Man's Fancy, in 1919.
		For the next 55 years, the Lunts were virtually inseparable.
		They dazzled Broadway with their roles in sophisticated comedies by George Bernard Shaw, Terrence Rattigan, and Noel Coward, whose 1933 masterpiece, Design for Living, was written for the Lunts.
	www.dindragoste.ro /love/alfred-lunt-and-lynn-fontanne.php (221 words)

	eBay - alfred lunt, Theater Memorabilia, United States items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne 33 Cent Gold-Leafed FDC
		#3287 ALFRED LUNT & LYNN FONTANNE FDC Fleetwood cachet
		ALFRED LUNT - Lynn Fontanne - 22K Gold FDC Stamp
	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=alfred+lunt&newu=1&krd=1 (445 words)

	Sample text for Library of Congress control number 2002192480
		Much of Alfred Lunt's early history Lynn Fontanne would learn from Alfred himself as well as from his mother, his half-siblings, his scrapbooks, his neighbors, and his childhood friends.
		One fact he would not learn till much later: Lillie Louise, renaming herself Lynn, was not born in 1892, as she claimed, but on December 6, 1887.
		A bobby caught her arm; she stared as the Queen rode by, and the Queen's great blue eyes stared straight ahead: a performer, just what Lynn wanted to be.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/samples/random045/2002192480.html (2214 words)

	Lunt Fontanne Theatre
		The Lunt-Fontaine Theatre is located on the north side of 46th Street, just west of Broadway between Broadway and 8th Avenue.
		The theatre was renamed for America’s most famous husband/wife acting couple Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.
		The Lunt-Fontaine Theatre was reopened on May 5, 1958 with the Lunts starring in the drama The Visit.
	www.nytix.com /Links/Broadway/Theaters/luntfontanne.html (547 words)

	Moviefone: Movie Celebrities - Alfred Lunt: MAIN
		One of America's foremost stage actors, Alfred Lunt made his debut with a Boston stock company in 1912.
		Ten Chimneys the the country estate of two famous theatre actors, Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.
		We pick the top 11 movies for every mood, including 'The Squid and the Whale' for those who like funny films about deeply dysfunctional families.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/main.adp?sid=43826 (246 words)

	Find in a Library: Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne : a bibliography
		Find in a Library: Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne : a bibliography
		Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne : a bibliography
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	www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/98b393f39029240f.html (57 words)

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