The Kenneth Williams Diaries

Author : Russell Davies
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2008-06
Category : Actors
ISBN : 9780007291922

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The Kenneth Williams Letters by Russell Davies Pdf

Following the bestselling publication of THE KENNETH WILLIAMS DIARIES, the devastating self-portrait of one of our most loved and complex performers is completed with this marvellous selection of his letters. This is a wonderful treasure trove of correspondence with all manner of people, including Alec Guinness, Maggie Smith, Joe Orton, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, and the Stokers' Mess of HMS Leverton. Kenneth Williams took letters very seriously, and he was always disgusted by a morning that failed to provide him with some material to pore over. Letters called forth the performer in Williams in a way that his diaries never did: many of them are virtual comic monologues, and in general they suggest more strongly than the diaries the likeable and constructive side of a man who remains, nevertheless, as outrageous and 'difficult' as ever.

Author : Kenneth Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 896 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Actors
ISBN : UOM:39015028928003

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The Kenneth Williams Diaries by Kenneth Williams Pdf

For more than 40 years broadcaster and comedian Kenneth Williams kept a journal of his experiences - this book is a one-volume selection of these diaries. In addition to offering conclusive evidence as to the nature of Williams' death in 1988, the diaries reveal different sides of his character.

Author : Christopher Stevens
Publisher : John Murray Publishers
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Actors
ISBN : 1848541953

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Born Brilliant by Christopher Stevens Pdf

Kenneth Williams was the stand-out comic actor of his generation. Beloved as the manic star of Carry On films and as a peerless raconteur on TV chat shows, he was also acclaimed for serious stage roles. Born Brilliant will include much previously unseen material from Williams's candid daily journal and also draw on rare in-depth interviews with friends and colleagues. Since the publication of edited extracts from his diaries, much controversy has surrounded Williams's personal and professional lives. This biography traces the complex contradictions that characterised an extraordinary life and presents the first full portrait of a star who was born brilliant.

Author : Wes Butters,Russell Davies
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780007396047

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Kenneth Williams Unseen: The private notes, scripts and photographs by Wes Butters,Russell Davies Pdf

To mark the 20th anniversary of Kenneth Williams’ death, a beautiful coffee table book celebrating his life, including never-before-seen photographs, sketches and personal testimony from Williams’ closest friends, for the very first time.

Author : Kenneth Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Actors
ISBN : OCLC:939620472

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The Kenneth Williams Diaries by Kenneth Williams Pdf

For over forty years Kenneth Williams kept a completely private diary. After his death, rumours of its publication sent a shiver of dread through the theatrical world. This volume brings to light a complex and tormented personality, devastatingly honest and uninhibited about both himself and his fellow man.

Author : Joe Orton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0413777243

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Orton Diaries by Joe Orton Pdf

Author : Kenneth Williams
Publisher : Orion
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Aphorisms and apothegms
ISBN : 075281835X

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The Complete Acid Drops by Kenneth Williams Pdf

This is Kenneth Williams' collection of his favourite barbed stories and malicious bon mots in an A to Z of unsurpassed cruelty, including cartoons by Graeme Garden and introduced by Gyles Brandreth who knew Williams for many years and is an executor of Williams' estate. Kenneth Williams is regarded as one of the great raconteurs and comedy actors of the century. His bestselling diaries, edited by Russell Davis, reveal a complex, deeply insecure character whose bitter, excoriating wit alienated just about everyone who crossed his path. The brilliantly crafted vitriol in his private diaries found life through his TV interviews and appearances on radio shows such as Just a Minute. These outbursts have made him synonymous with the wicked story and the caustic put down. Since his suicide in 1988, his popularity has grown. A two part Omnibus programme on his life appeared on ITV and a touring one man show of Williams' life has been playing to full houses for the last two years. Terry Johnson's play Cleo, Camping, Emanuelle and Dick, exploring Williams' relationship with Barbara Windsor and Sid James, ran to rave reviews and 'The Diaries' continue to sell.

Author : Kenneth Williams
Publisher : BBC Worldwide Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2004-04-01
Category : Actors
ISBN : 0563529369

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Private World of Kenneth Williams by Kenneth Williams Pdf

In this documentary portrait of Kenneth Williams, who died in 1988, the much-loved comedy actor's diaries are drawn upon to illustrate his life and career.

Author : Kenneth Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1993-06
Category : Actors
ISBN : 0006370829

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Just Williams by Kenneth Williams Pdf

Author : Kenneth Williams
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780007329939

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Just Williams by Kenneth Williams Pdf

Author : Irene Taylor,Alan Taylor
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 960 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-05
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781838852924

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The Assassin's Cloak by Irene Taylor,Alan Taylor Pdf

'A diary is an assassin's cloak which we wear when we stab a comrade in the back with a pen', wrote William Soutar in 1934. But a diary is also a place for recording everyday thoughts and special occasions, private fears and hopeful dreams. The Assassin's Cloak gathers together some of the most entertaining and inspiring entries for each day of the year, as writers ranging from Queen Victoria to Andy Warhol, Samuel Pepys to Adrian Mole, pen their musings on the historic and the mundane. Spanning centuries and international in scope, this peerless anthology pays tribute to a genre that is at once the most intimate and public of all literary forms. This new updated edition is published to mark the twentieth anniversary of the book's original publication.

Author : Colin Clark
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780007445578

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My Week With Marilyn by Colin Clark Pdf

To tie-in with a major film, starring Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Judi Dench, Emma Watson, Kenneth Branagh and Dominic Cooper. This edition combines Colin Clark’s acclaimed The Prince, the Showgirl and Me and My Week with Marilyn.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Frances Lincoln
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-03
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781781311448

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A London Year by Anonim Pdf

A London Year is an anthology of short diary entries, one or more for each day of the year, which, taken together, provides an impressionistic portrait of life in the city from Tudor times to the twenty-first century. There are more than two hundred featured writers, with a short biography for each. The most famous diarist of all - Samuel Pepys - is there, as well as some of today’ s finest diarists like Alan Bennett and Chris Mullin. There are coronations and executions, election riots and zeppelin raids, duels, dust-ups and drunken sprees, among everyday moments like Brian Eno cycling in Kilburn or George Eliot walking on Wimbledon Common. Vividly evoking moments in the lives of Londoners in the past, providing snapshots of the city’ s inhabitants at work, at play, in pursuit of money, sex, entertainment, pleasure and power, A London Year is the perfect book for all who live in or love this eternal, ever-changing city.

Author : John Lahr
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781453288757

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Prick Up Your Ears by John Lahr Pdf

DIVThis mesmerizing story of playwright and author Joe Orton’s brief and remarkable life was named book of the year by Truman Capote and Nobel Prize–winning novelist Patrick White /divDIV Told with precision and extensive detail, Prick Up Your Ears is the engrossing biography of playwright and novelist Joe Orton. Orton’s public career spanned only three years (1964–1967), but his work made a lasting mark on the international stage. From Entertaining Mr. Sloane to his career-making Loot, Orton’s plays often shocked, sometimes outraged, and always captivated audiences with their dark yet farcical cynicism. A rising star and undeniable talent, Orton left much undone when he was bludgeoned to death by his lover, Kenneth Halliwell, who had educated Orton and also dreamed of becoming a famous writer. /divDIV /divDIVPrick Up Your Ears was the basis for the distinguished 1987 film of the same name, directed by Stephen Frears, with a screenplay by Alan Bennett, and starring Gary Oldman and Vanessa Redgrave. A brilliant, page-turning examination of the dueling forces behind Orton’s work, Prick Up Your Ears secured the playwright’s reputation as a great twentieth-century artist./div

Author : Russell Davies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1994-06-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0006380123

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Kenneth Williams Diaries 27bk Bin by Russell Davies Pdf