DEAD NOW OF COURSE EB
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DEAD NOW OF COURSE EB

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DEAD NOW OF COURSE EB

About this book

'My future mother-in-law burst into tears when she heard her son was to marry an actress. There's still something disturbing, I grant you, about the word "actress". If an MP or some other outstanding person plays fast and loose with an actress the world is unsurprised. She is certainly no better than she should be, and probably French…'

As well as being a mother (to the actresses Sophie and Emma Thompson) and a devoted carer to her own mother and mother-in-law, Phyllida Law is also a distinguished actress, and Dead Now Of Course is the tale of her early acting career.

As a young member of a travelling company, Phyllida learned to cope with whatever was thrown at her, from making her own false eyelashes to battling flammable costumes and rogue cockroaches. We find her in Mrs Miller's digs, which were shared with a boozy monkey bought from Harrods, an Afghan hound known as the 'the flying duster', several hens and various children.

Filled with funny, charming anecdotes, Dead Now Of Course paints a fascinating picture of life in the theatre – and at the heart of the story is an enchanting account of Phyllida's courtship with her future husband, the actor and writer Eric Thompson.

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Table of contents

  1. TITLE PAGE
  2. COPYRIGHT
  3. CONTENTS
  4. DEDICATION
  5. EPIGRAPH
  6. OVERTURE
  7. DIGS AND TOURS
  8. MILDEW
  9. STAGECRAFT
  10. GREASEPAINT
  11. FOOTLIGHTS
  12. RUDE BITS
  13. PROPS!
  14. OPEN-PLAN THEATRES
  15. WIGS AND WARDROBE
  16. CURTAIN CALLS AND ENTRANCES
  17. OFF
  18. NAME-DROPPING
  19. NORMAN POPHAM
  20. DRESSING ROOM NUMBER 10
  21. DRESSING ROOM 11
  22. TYRONE GUTHRIE
  23. DIRECTORS
  24. EXTRA JOBS
  25. THE RUSSIANS
  26. TOM
  27. THE WEDDING
  28. FINALE
  29. PHOTOGRAPHS AND PROGRAMMES
  30. ABOUT THE PUBLISHER