Will she do? : act one of a life on stage
Atkins, Eileen, 1934-2022
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"Will She Do? is the story of a girl from a council estate in Tottenham, born in 1934 to an electric-meter reader and a seamstress, who was determined to be an actress. Candid and witty, this memoir takes her from her awkward performances in working-men's clubs at six years of age as dancing 'Baby Eileen', through the war years in London, to her breakthrough at thirty-two on Broadway with The Killing of Sister George, for which she received the first of four Tony Award nominations. She co-created Upstairs, Downstairs and wrote the screenplay for Mrs Dalloway (for which she won an Evening Standard Award) and at aged eighty-six, this is her first autobiographical work. Characterised by an eye for the absurd, a terrific knack for storytelling and an insistence on honesty, Will She Do? is a wonderful raconteur's tale about family, about class, about youthful ambition and big dreams and what really goes on behind the scenes"-- Provided by publisher.
Main title:
Will she do? : act one of a life on stage / Eileen Atkins.
Author:
Atkins, Eileen, 1934-, author
Imprint:
London : Virago, 2022.©2021
Collation:
311 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm
Notes:
First published in Great Britain in 2021 by Virago Press.
ISBN:
9780349014678 (pbk)9780349014678
Dewey class:
792.028092792.028
Language:
English
BRN:
530257
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Biography | 792.028 ATK | Available |