By Tony Church
ISBN-10: 0992715016
ISBN-13: 9780992715014
Tony Church, actor, director and instructor used to be a founder member of the Royal Shakespeare corporation, head of drama on the Guildhall college of track and Drama and Dean of the nationwide Conservatory in Denver, Colorado. In a profession spanning six a long time, beginning with the a part of Grumpy in Snow White and culminating in a one-man convey, he played on quite a few phases world wide: from the Vatican to a box in Greece, from Windsor citadel to a desk most sensible in California.
This hot and enjoyable memoir takes the reader on a full of life trip during the international of 20th century theatre.
Concluding the ebook is an outline by way of Geoffrey Church, Tony’s son, of
the final ever functionality at the previous degree on the Shakespeare Theatre,
Stratford-upon-Avon.
Featuring a star-studded forged this was once additionally Tony’s farewell to the stage.
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