Barnabas and Company

This is a 552 page book looking at the major actors and actresses on Dark Shadows. It doesn't neglect the ones who appeared only for short times, though. The book even includes photos and two appendices.

For each of the major actors and actresses information is given on what they did in Dark Shadows, but also what they did before they were on the show and what they did after they were on the show. The information for each person is very detailed, as is virtually everything in the book.

What I found most interesting, though, was the incredible hard work these people did. Most of them were in numerous stage plays and/or on television shows and/or in movies. It has to be hard to learn all the lines in plays and in scripts and then perform then, sometimes hundreds if not thousands of times.

A lot of the people had gone through divorces and other difficulties in their lives. A lot of them had a background in stage work, and many had been in various Shakespearean plays. The book presents the human side of those in the show. It's a fascinating read.