Getting Away with Murder
eBook - ePub

Getting Away with Murder

My Unexpected Life on Page, Stage and Screen

  1. 400 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Getting Away with Murder

My Unexpected Life on Page, Stage and Screen

About this book

' Screamingly funny and deliciously candid, full of wisdom and joie de vivre, this is memoir with the grip of a thriller ' ERIN KELLY Lynda La Plante has lived an illustrious life and has the stories to prove it.From her early days in Liverpool to her unexpected acceptance into RADA, joining peers Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt and Ian McShane; from beginning her scriptwriting career with Widows and Prime Suspect and becoming a BAFTA award-winning writer and producer, Lynda's tales of stage and screen will have you gasping in shock as well as laughing in the aisles.Lynda has an important story to tell, one of breaking down stereotypes and blazing a trail for others along the way. Starting her writing career in the eighties, an era of entrenched gender inequality both in front of and behind the camera, Lynda faced innumerable obstacles to her vision. Getting Away with Murder shows how she overcame them to create generation-defining television and become a multi-million-copy Sunday Times bestselling author. Still at the very top of her game, Lynda shares her story on her own terms, in a way that's guaranteed to make you laugh, cry and be inspired to live a life without limits.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Chapter 1: The Little One
  7. Chapter 2: Learning by Heart
  8. Chapter 3: RADA
  9. Chapter 4: Calamity Jane
  10. Chapter 5: Performance
  11. Chapter 6: Widows
  12. Chapter 7: Widows’ Revenge
  13. Chapter 8: The Legacy
  14. Chapter 9: Civvies
  15. Chapter 10: Meeting the Mafia
  16. Chapter 11: The Costa del Crime
  17. Chapter 12: Prime Suspect
  18. Chapter 13: Entwined
  19. Chapter 14: Civvies – The Return
  20. Chapter 15: Bars, Brothels and Broads
  21. Chapter 16: The Governor
  22. Chapter 17: Trial and Retribution
  23. Chapter 18: Star Turns
  24. Chapter 19: Lorcan
  25. Chapter 20: Catching a Killer
  26. Chapter 21: A New Chapter
  27. Chapter 22: Tennison
  28. Chapter 23: In My Prime
  29. Also by Lynda La Plante
  30. About the Author
  31. Copyright
  32. Plates