Kenneth Williams: Born Brilliant: The Life of Kenneth Williams

ISBN-13: 9781848541979 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 438 str.

Christopher Stevens

Opis

Kenneth Williams was the stand-out comic actor of his generation. Beloved as the manic star of" Carry On" filmsand 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, muchcontroversy has surrounded Williams'spersonal and professional lives. This biography traces the complex contradictions that characterized an extraordinary life and presents the first full portrait of a star who was born brilliant."