Emlyn: A Sequel To 'George'
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Few lives in twentieth-century British theatre burned as brightly — or as improbably — as that of Emlyn Williams, the Welsh miner's son who transformed himself into one of the West End's most celebrated playwrights and actors. Emlyn picks up where his earlier memoir George left off, chronicling the young Williams's ascent through the glittering, precarious world of 1930s London theatre — his passions, his ambitions, his friendships with the famous, and the personal battles that shadowed his remarkable rise to prominence. Written with the same warmth, wit, and disarming candour that made George a modern classic of autobiographical writing, this sequel confirms Williams as a prose stylist of rare distinction. The memoir stands as a vivid document of an era — a portrait of a society on the cusp of war, seen through the eyes of an outsider who had clawed his way to its very centre. Williams writes with the dramatist's instinct for scene and dialogue, rendering memory as performance, so that each chapter crackles with the tension and tenderness of a well-crafted play. Readers who have already been captivated by George will find here an equally irresistible companion volume; those encountering Williams for the first time will be left wondering how such a singular voice remained so well-kept a secret.
Author: Emlyn Williams
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Few lives in twentieth-century British theatre burned as brightly — or as improbably — as that of Emlyn Williams, the Welsh miner's son who transformed himself into one of the West End's most celebrated playwrights and actors. Emlyn picks up where his earlier memoir George left off, chronicling the young Williams's ascent through the glittering, precarious world of 1930s London theatre — his passions, his ambitions, his friendships with the famous, and the personal battles that shadowed his remarkable rise to prominence. Written with the same warmth, wit, and disarming candour that made George a modern classic of autobiographical writing, this sequel confirms Williams as a prose stylist of rare distinction. The memoir stands as a vivid document of an era — a portrait of a society on the cusp of war, seen through the eyes of an outsider who had clawed his way to its very centre. Williams writes with the dramatist's instinct for scene and dialogue, rendering memory as performance, so that each chapter crackles with the tension and tenderness of a well-crafted play. Readers who have already been captivated by George will find here an equally irresistible companion volume; those encountering Williams for the first time will be left wondering how such a singular voice remained so well-kept a secret.