Kenneth Williams: Born Brilliant: The Life of Kenneth Williams

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John Murray Press, Oct 14, 2010 - Biography & Autobiography - 300 pages

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 includes 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.

 

Contents

Preface
Happy dayswhat a laugh Oh Life
The dream from which there is no awakening
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December 1962 10 God hasgivenme the opportunity to use the theatre in
April 1964 11 It was Felicitys twentyfirst
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About the author (2010)

Christopher Stevens is a national newspaper journalist with more than twenty years' experience and has written for both the Observer and the Sunday Telegraph. He is the author of A Real Boy and several other biographies. He lives in Bristol with his wife and two young sons.

Bibliographic information

TitleKenneth Williams: Born Brilliant: The Life of Kenneth Williams
AuthorChristopher Stevens
PublisherJohn Murray Press, 2010
ISBN184854460X, 9781848544604
Length300 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / General
Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs
  
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