Author: Tony Nicholson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781914227363
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The Squire of Knotty Ash and His Lady
Author: Tony Nicholson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781914227363
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781914227363
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The Squire of Knotty Ash and His Lady
Author: Tony Nicholson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781914227363
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781914227363
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Ken Dodd
Author: Stephen Griffin
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN: 1843177315
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
This is the first complete biography of the last of the great British comedians. A new generation of fans and comedians, including Johnny Vegas, Victoria Wood and Vic Reeves, are now rediscovering Dodd's unique talents. Dodd has a huge and fiercely loyal fanbase and is still touring the country, performing in packed venues an average of two nights a week with his legendary four-hour sets. 'I do it because that is what I do. I do it because that is what I am,' he said, when asked why he continues with this punishing schedule. Ken Dodd's career has spanned over five decades as he went from singer to actor, and presently, most famously, comedian. He is considered the last, great, music-hall-inspired variety comic, but what drives this man whose career has been tainted by hardship? Dodd still lives in his childhood home of Knotty Ash and has never married, despite having two-long term fiances. In 1989, his strange relationship to money culminated in a trial for tax evasion, and he was also famously stalked by a mystery woman. How did this feather-duster salesman become one of the most loved, though least-lauded, British comedians of all time? Stephen Griffin interviewed friends, colleagues and fellow comedians to get inside the mind of the original Diddyman.
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN: 1843177315
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
This is the first complete biography of the last of the great British comedians. A new generation of fans and comedians, including Johnny Vegas, Victoria Wood and Vic Reeves, are now rediscovering Dodd's unique talents. Dodd has a huge and fiercely loyal fanbase and is still touring the country, performing in packed venues an average of two nights a week with his legendary four-hour sets. 'I do it because that is what I do. I do it because that is what I am,' he said, when asked why he continues with this punishing schedule. Ken Dodd's career has spanned over five decades as he went from singer to actor, and presently, most famously, comedian. He is considered the last, great, music-hall-inspired variety comic, but what drives this man whose career has been tainted by hardship? Dodd still lives in his childhood home of Knotty Ash and has never married, despite having two-long term fiances. In 1989, his strange relationship to money culminated in a trial for tax evasion, and he was also famously stalked by a mystery woman. How did this feather-duster salesman become one of the most loved, though least-lauded, British comedians of all time? Stephen Griffin interviewed friends, colleagues and fellow comedians to get inside the mind of the original Diddyman.
The Outside Is Inside
Author: Joe Moorwood
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781914227141
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781914227141
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Phantastes
Author: George MacDonald
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Seems Like a Nice Boy
Author: Mike Malyon
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1911476009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
The name Larry Grayson will be instantly recognisable to anyone who can remember the 1970s when his catchphrase ‘Shut That Door’ was on everybody’s lips. However, Larry’s rise to fame was slow in coming, born of years of perfecting his craft in clubs and theatres across the country. This biography details Larry’s early life, how he was handed over as a baby to a miner's family in mysterious circumstances and brought up by his beloved foster sister, Flo, who was to become his lifelong companion. As a boy, encouraged by Flo, Larry would perform comedy routines for his school chums, standing on a tin bath in a wash-house yard, and he took his first steps into showbiz as a teenager with a local concert party. Seems Like a Nice Boy describes how, after a long career, Larry was eventually spotted by a top agent and set on the road to stardom, not only on stage but on television. Larry went on to host The Generation Game, attracting weekly audiences of around twenty million viewers and bringing Larry the kind of fame that he had always dreamed of. This fascinating book reveals how Larry Grayson’s determination to succeed turned him into one of Britain’s best-loved entertainers. This is a must-have read for Larry Grayson fans and anyone who enjoys classic comedy from a bygone age.
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1911476009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
The name Larry Grayson will be instantly recognisable to anyone who can remember the 1970s when his catchphrase ‘Shut That Door’ was on everybody’s lips. However, Larry’s rise to fame was slow in coming, born of years of perfecting his craft in clubs and theatres across the country. This biography details Larry’s early life, how he was handed over as a baby to a miner's family in mysterious circumstances and brought up by his beloved foster sister, Flo, who was to become his lifelong companion. As a boy, encouraged by Flo, Larry would perform comedy routines for his school chums, standing on a tin bath in a wash-house yard, and he took his first steps into showbiz as a teenager with a local concert party. Seems Like a Nice Boy describes how, after a long career, Larry was eventually spotted by a top agent and set on the road to stardom, not only on stage but on television. Larry went on to host The Generation Game, attracting weekly audiences of around twenty million viewers and bringing Larry the kind of fame that he had always dreamed of. This fascinating book reveals how Larry Grayson’s determination to succeed turned him into one of Britain’s best-loved entertainers. This is a must-have read for Larry Grayson fans and anyone who enjoys classic comedy from a bygone age.
The Faerie Queene
Author: Edmund Spenser
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Epic poetry, English
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Epic poetry, English
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Under the Greenwood Tree
Author: Thomas Hardy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction in English
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction in English
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
First Footsteps in East Africa, Or, An Exploration of Harar
Author: Sir Richard Francis Burton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harar, Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harar, Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description