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Wild Card: How I Learned To Be A Friend, Have A Friend & Finally Love My Birthday - Couverture souple

Milnes, Martin

 
9781916197725: Wild Card: How I Learned To Be A Friend, Have A Friend & Finally Love My Birthday
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1916197728 ISBN 13 : 9781916197725
Editeur : Zuleika, 2020

Synopsis

'I couldn't put the book down... a rollercoaster of a ride' Musical Theatre Review

'This is a coming-of-age, coming-out, come-and-meet-me story that's by turns funny and touching, revelatory and heart-warming'. Gyles Brandreth

Martin Milnes was born in the wrong era or at least that's how it seemed. As a child he wore jazz-shoes to his junior school disco, expecting eight-year-olds to Mambo like the dancers in West Side Story ...

But his childhood and school days were no Broadway musical. Martin was different: the cat who walked alone. Birthdays, stingingly empty, held a horrific reminder that he possessed no talent for friendship. Yet once Martin emerged on stage, the jeering turned to cheering; the lonely void was filled by Hollywood stars of yesteryear, worshipped from afar.

When his world shattered, the stars were there for him; and this time in person. The last surviving veterans of a glamorous era extended their guiding hands. Centenarian swimming partners, D-Day hero drinking chums, and propositions from naughty nonagenarians became every-day normality and the wisdom, understanding and truths which they passed on completely transformed Martin's life, outlook and spirit.

At last, with their help, the Wild Card learned how to be a friend and realised what a birthday truly represents. Not to mention, along the way, coming to terms with something which perhaps he should have recognised long ago...

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À propos de l'auteur

Martin Milnes is a London based actor, writer and theatre director. As musical theatre duo Ferris & Milnes, he has played Theatre Royal Drury Lane, New York's Lincoln Center, Ambassadors Theatre and at West End LIVE. During the 2020 COVID-19 crisis, Ferris & Milnes united Dame Vera Lynn and West End stars in the morale-boosting video "We'll Meet Again", with creative direction by Martin. He directed the first professional revival and re-discovery of Gilbert & Sullivan's final work The Grand Duke and collaborates regularly with the Battle of Britain Memorial Trust, preserving the legacy of The Few. Also a lecturer in Musical Theatre and Film History, Martin's Instagram 'Story A Day' about Broadway and Hollywood birthdays, anniversaries and anecdotes can be followed @martinmilnes

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Éditeur
Zuleika
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1916197728
ISBN 13 
9781916197725
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
352
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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