Best Sellers: Peter Sellers - A Life in Comedy - Couverture rigide

Ross, Robert

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1914227727 ISBN 13 : 9781914227721

Editeur : Great Northern Books Ltd, 2024

Synopsis

As creative force of The Goon Show, Spike Milligan was the architect of the lunatic style of humour that permeates the best-loved performances of Peter Sellers; a friend and colleague who Milligan considered: "one of the true comedy greats of the 20th century. He can hold his head up with the very best."
And it is the comic genius of Peter Sellers that is the driving passion of this book. A labour of love by Robert Ross, Britain's Comedy Historian, in which the well-documented wealth, wives, and weirdness of Peter's personal life is referenced only when it fully impacts his happiest place: as an interpretive, dedicated, truthful actor.
Whether it is Doctor Strangelove; Inspector Clouseau; or Chance the Gardener, Sellers had the conviction and the control to become his characters.
It's a legacy of laughter which still holds the world bewitched and enthralled; a legacy here put into historical and comical context.

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À propos de l'auteur

Robert Ross is a comedy historian, who has many published books including biographies of Sid James and Peter Sellers, as well as the Monty Python Encyclopedia. He has also toured a number of 'comedy history' shows, including 'Oh, What A Carry On!', 'Christmas Crackers', and 'Forgotten Heroes of Comedy'. He was a close personal friend of Terry Jones and is very proud to be writing his authorised biography.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Great Northern Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1914227727
• ISBN 13: 9781914227721
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352
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• Personne responsable: non disponible