Author: Quentin Falk
Publisher: Robson Books Limited
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Albert Finney was once the screen's incarnation of the new British working-class hero. In the theatre, he was hailed as the new Olivier. Yet, instead of actively pursuing either image, he went his own way. This biography, attempts to probe the real man beneath the many masks of the actor, director, traveller, bon viveur and lover.
Albert Finney in Character
Author: Quentin Falk
Publisher: Robson Books Limited
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Albert Finney was once the screen's incarnation of the new British working-class hero. In the theatre, he was hailed as the new Olivier. Yet, instead of actively pursuing either image, he went his own way. This biography, attempts to probe the real man beneath the many masks of the actor, director, traveller, bon viveur and lover.
Publisher: Robson Books Limited
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Albert Finney was once the screen's incarnation of the new British working-class hero. In the theatre, he was hailed as the new Olivier. Yet, instead of actively pursuing either image, he went his own way. This biography, attempts to probe the real man beneath the many masks of the actor, director, traveller, bon viveur and lover.
Albert Finney
Author: Gabriel Hershman
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750981873
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
'Hershman has managed to gather a huge amount of information and distill it into a book that is not only respectful but full of insights into what makes this unstarriest of stars able to produce brilliant work without appearing to break a sweat.' - Kathryn Hughes, Mail on Sunday He was a Salford-born, homework-hating bookie's son who broke the social barriers of British film. He did his share of roistering, and yet outlived his contemporaries and dodged typecasting to become a five-time Oscar nominee and one of our most durable international stars. Bon vivant, perennial rebel, self-effacing character actor, charismatic charmer, mentor to a generation of working-class artists, a byword for professionalism, lover of horseflesh and female flesh – Albert Finney is all these things and more. Gabriel Hershman's colourful and riveting account of Finney's life and work, which draws on interviews with many of his directors and co-stars, examines how one of Britain's greatest actors built a glittering career without sacrificing his integrity.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750981873
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
'Hershman has managed to gather a huge amount of information and distill it into a book that is not only respectful but full of insights into what makes this unstarriest of stars able to produce brilliant work without appearing to break a sweat.' - Kathryn Hughes, Mail on Sunday He was a Salford-born, homework-hating bookie's son who broke the social barriers of British film. He did his share of roistering, and yet outlived his contemporaries and dodged typecasting to become a five-time Oscar nominee and one of our most durable international stars. Bon vivant, perennial rebel, self-effacing character actor, charismatic charmer, mentor to a generation of working-class artists, a byword for professionalism, lover of horseflesh and female flesh – Albert Finney is all these things and more. Gabriel Hershman's colourful and riveting account of Finney's life and work, which draws on interviews with many of his directors and co-stars, examines how one of Britain's greatest actors built a glittering career without sacrificing his integrity.
Talking Theatre
Author: Richard Eyre
Publisher: Nick Hern Books
ISBN: 9781848421387
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Fascinating in-depth interviews with more than 40 actors, writers, directors and producers in the theatre industry.
Publisher: Nick Hern Books
ISBN: 9781848421387
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Fascinating in-depth interviews with more than 40 actors, writers, directors and producers in the theatre industry.
The Green Man
Author: Kingsley Amis
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1590176162
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
The owner of a haunted country inn contends with death, fatherhood, romantic woes, and alcoholism in this humorous and “rattling good ghost story” from a Booker Prize–winning author (The New York Times) Maurice Allington has reached middle age and is haunted by death. As he says, “I honestly can’t see why everybody who isn’t a child, everybody who’s theoretically old enough to have understood what death means, doesn’t spend all his time thinking about it. It’s a pretty arresting thought.” He also happens to own and run a country inn that is haunted. The Green Man opens as Maurice’s father drops dead (had he seen something in the room?) and continues as friends and family convene for the funeral. Maurice’s problems are many and increasing: How to deal with his own declining health? How to reach out to a teenage daughter who watches TV all the time? How to get his best friend’s wife in the sack? How to find another drink? (And another.) And then there is always death. The Green Man is a ghost story that hits a live nerve, a very black comedy with an uncannily happy ending: in other words, Kingsley Amis at his best.
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1590176162
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
The owner of a haunted country inn contends with death, fatherhood, romantic woes, and alcoholism in this humorous and “rattling good ghost story” from a Booker Prize–winning author (The New York Times) Maurice Allington has reached middle age and is haunted by death. As he says, “I honestly can’t see why everybody who isn’t a child, everybody who’s theoretically old enough to have understood what death means, doesn’t spend all his time thinking about it. It’s a pretty arresting thought.” He also happens to own and run a country inn that is haunted. The Green Man opens as Maurice’s father drops dead (had he seen something in the room?) and continues as friends and family convene for the funeral. Maurice’s problems are many and increasing: How to deal with his own declining health? How to reach out to a teenage daughter who watches TV all the time? How to get his best friend’s wife in the sack? How to find another drink? (And another.) And then there is always death. The Green Man is a ghost story that hits a live nerve, a very black comedy with an uncannily happy ending: in other words, Kingsley Amis at his best.
Scrooge
Author: Leslie Bricusse
Publisher: Samuel French, Incorporated
ISBN: 9780573696022
Category : Musicals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In 1970, renowned writer/composer/lyricist Leslie Bricusse adapted the classic Charles Dickens tale A Christmas Carol into the hit screen musical Scrooge! Now available as a charming stage musical, Scrooge! has enjoyed a hugely successful tour of England and a season at London's Dominion Theatre starring the late Anthony Newley. Included are six new songs not performed in the film. This sure-fire audience pleaser is available in two versions: as a full-length musical and in a 55-minute adaptation that is ideal for small theatre groups and schools, where it can be performed as a short play or as part of a seasonal concert. Selected pieces from the most popular musical numbers are included in the shortened adaptation.
Publisher: Samuel French, Incorporated
ISBN: 9780573696022
Category : Musicals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In 1970, renowned writer/composer/lyricist Leslie Bricusse adapted the classic Charles Dickens tale A Christmas Carol into the hit screen musical Scrooge! Now available as a charming stage musical, Scrooge! has enjoyed a hugely successful tour of England and a season at London's Dominion Theatre starring the late Anthony Newley. Included are six new songs not performed in the film. This sure-fire audience pleaser is available in two versions: as a full-length musical and in a 55-minute adaptation that is ideal for small theatre groups and schools, where it can be performed as a short play or as part of a seasonal concert. Selected pieces from the most popular musical numbers are included in the shortened adaptation.
Send in the Clowns - The Yo Yo Life of Ian Hendry
Author: Gabriel Hershman
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291270973
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
The first ever biography of the late Ian Hendry tells the story of a great actor destroyed by his own demons. The original star of The Avengers, Ian went on to give iconic performances in films such as Live Now Pay Later, The Hill and Get Carter and TV series such as The Lotus Eaters. Hailed by John Nettles as a ruined genius and by Brian Clemens as Britain's greatest actor, this is a touching story of an outstandingly talented star dogged by tragedy.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291270973
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
The first ever biography of the late Ian Hendry tells the story of a great actor destroyed by his own demons. The original star of The Avengers, Ian went on to give iconic performances in films such as Live Now Pay Later, The Hill and Get Carter and TV series such as The Lotus Eaters. Hailed by John Nettles as a ruined genius and by Brian Clemens as Britain's greatest actor, this is a touching story of an outstandingly talented star dogged by tragedy.
The History of Tom Jones
Author: Henry Fielding
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Albert Finney
Author: Quentin Falk
Publisher: Robson Books Limited
ISBN: 9781861055170
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Albert Finney has been a film and stage star for over 40 years, ever since first taking the movie and theater worlds by storm in 1960 with his roles in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and Billy Liar. Oscar-nominated performances followed in Tome Jones, Mueder on the Orient Express, The Dresser, and Under the Volcano. Now 66, Finney's star on both sides of the Atlantic is still rising as he matures into a consistently impressive range of roles. He co-starred again with Tom Courtenay in the BAFTA-winning A Rather English Marriage and received a fifth Oscar nomination for his role opposite Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovitch.
Publisher: Robson Books Limited
ISBN: 9781861055170
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Albert Finney has been a film and stage star for over 40 years, ever since first taking the movie and theater worlds by storm in 1960 with his roles in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and Billy Liar. Oscar-nominated performances followed in Tome Jones, Mueder on the Orient Express, The Dresser, and Under the Volcano. Now 66, Finney's star on both sides of the Atlantic is still rising as he matures into a consistently impressive range of roles. He co-starred again with Tom Courtenay in the BAFTA-winning A Rather English Marriage and received a fifth Oscar nomination for his role opposite Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovitch.
Luther
Author: John Osborne
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780571062393
Category : Reformation
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780571062393
Category : Reformation
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Author: Alan Sillitoe
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783150090381
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783150090381
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description