Almost a Gentleman: an Autobiography 195 by John Osborne

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Almost a Gentleman: an Autobiography 195 by John Osborne

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Following on from Osborne's first autobiographical book, "A Better Class of Person", this book looks at the period 1955 to 1966. It covers the foundation of the English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre to the death of his artistic director and Osborne's mentor, George Devine.

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Almost a Gentleman: an Autobiography 195 by John Osborne

Following on from Osborne's first autobiographical book, "A Better Class of Person", this book looks at the period 1955 to 1966. It covers the foundation of the English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre to the death of his artistic director and Osborne's mentor, George Devine. At the Royal Court he experienced years of high theatrical achievement and low backstage comedy. For the playwright it was a decade of baffling and often ludicrous notoriety and of emotional and matrimonial upheaval. During this period Osborne wrote "The Entertainer", "Luther", "A Portrait for Me" and "Inadmissible Evidence", was propositioned by Marlene Dietrich, spent the night in a Mexican brothel, consoled Vivien Leigh, grappled with the Lord Chamberlain in St James's Palace and won an Oscar.
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ISBN 13 9780571166350
ISBN 10 0571166350
Title Almost a Gentleman: an Autobiography 195
Author John Osborne
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 1992-11-04
Number of pages 304
Prizes Winner of J.R. Ackerley Prize 1992, Winner of Joe Ackerley Prize 1992
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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