Parcel Arrived Safely : Tied With String My Autobiography by Michael Crawford Signed Hardcover 1999
Parcel Arrived Safely : Tied With String My Autobiography by Michael Crawford Signed Hardcover 1999
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On offer a hardcover “Parcel Arrived Safely : Tied With String My Autobiography” by Michael Crawford, signed to the title page by the author Michael Crawford
By turns hilarious, revelatory and desperately sad, here is the autobiography of the man whose TV and stage appearances such as Hello Dolly!, Some Mothers Do `Ave ‘Em and The Phantom of the Opera have made him a national institution. The story of the true identity of his father, which is behind this book’s title, leads into an evocative depiction of his tender childhood years. Whilst all the men were away at war, Crawford was surrounded by loving women. For him this was an idyllic wartime childhood, but the return of the men in peacetime signalled darker times to come. Crawford’s infectious enjoyment of stage work illumines his account of his early struggles to make a name for himself in the theatre business, and his early failures with girls are lifted by his abiding sense of the absurd. Both in his private life and his work as a successful actor and TV comedian, he begins a lifetime’s habit of pratfalls that he would later turn to good use in the character of Frank Spencer in smash hit 1970s TV comedy show Some Mothers Do`Ave ‘Em. His talent for mimicry makes the great personalities in his life come alive on the page; people he has worked with, including Benjamin Britten who taught him to sing, John Lennon – with whom he shared a villa – and Oliver Reed, Michael Winner, Barbra Streisand, Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra.
The book is in a very good condition and has been read, the dustcover in a very good condition and not price clipped £16.99
Published: Century 1995
ISBN: 9780712684408 1st Edition
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A hardcover "Parcel Arrived Safely : Tied With String My Autobiography" by Michael Crawford, signed to the title page by the author Michael Crawford
By turns hilarious, revelatory and desperately sad, here is the autobiography of the man whose TV and stage appearances such as Hello Dolly!, Some Mothers Do `Ave 'Em and The Phantom of the Opera have made him a national institution. The story of the true identity of his father, which is behind this book's title, leads into an evocative depiction of his tender childhood years. Whilst all the men were away at war, Crawford was surrounded by loving women. For him this was an idyllic wartime childhood, but the return of the men in peacetime signalled darker times to come. Crawford's infectious enjoyment of stage work illumines his account of his early struggles to make a name for himself in the theatre business, and his early failures with girls are lifted by his abiding sense of the absurd. Both in his private life and his work as a successful actor and TV comedian, he begins a lifetime's habit of pratfalls that he would later turn to good use in the character of Frank Spencer in smash hit 1970s TV comedy show Some Mothers Do`Ave 'Em. His talent for mimicry makes the great personalities in his life come alive on the page; people he has worked with, including Benjamin Britten who taught him to sing, John Lennon - with whom he shared a villa - and Oliver Reed, Michael Winner, Barbra Streisand, Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra.
The book is in a very good condition and has been read, the dustcover in a very good condition and not price clipped £16.99
Published: Century 1995
ISBN: 9780712684408 1st Edition
