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Born brilliant : the life of Kenneth Williams / Christopher Stevens.
Van Pelt Library PN2598.W56 S84 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stevens, Chris, 1964-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Williams, Kenneth, 1926-1988.
- Williams, Kenneth.
- Actors--Great Britain--Biography.
- Actors.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 438 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : John Murray, 2010.
- Summary:
- 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. But much controversy surrounds Williams's personal and professional lives. With access to his complete archive - the forty-three volumes of Williams's diaries and hundreds of unseen letters to and from the star - Christopher Stevens also draws on dozens of exclusive and in-depth interviews with Williams's closest friends such as Barbara Windsor, Stanley Baxter, Michael Parkinson, Nicholas Parsons and many more, including some who have never before spoken publicly about him. Book jacket.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-418) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781848541955
- 1848541953
- 9781848541962
- 1848541961
- OCLC:
- 646400546
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