Alec Guinness: The Unknown - A Life (Windsor Selection) - Hardcover
Alec Guinness was a prolific actor, appearing in 77 films and 55 plays. An astonishing talent, he became a British institution, yet as his private self Guinness was a many-layered, complex man who shielded his emotions and displayed little of his real self. This biography reveals the full story of Guinness's life, including information on his childhood, his secret relationships and the fears that haunted him. Including interviews with Guinness himself as well as those close to him, this biography adds a new depth to our understanding of Guinness's life and his remarkable acting ability.
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Garry O'Connor has directed at the Royal Shakespeare Company, been a critic for The Times and written authoritative biographies of Paul Scofield, Peggy Ashcroft, Ralph Richardson and Sean O'Casey.
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'the more I think about this book, the more I come to believe that it is one of the truly great actor biographies of our time' Sheridan Morley, LITERARY REVIEW
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- PublisherChivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0754095436
- ISBN 13 9780754095439
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages616
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