Grace, Beauty and Banjos by Michael Kilgarriff
Grace, Beauty and Banjos takes us down a bizarre byway of Music Hall retrospection. The biographical sketches describe the likes of The Only Clock-Eyed Lady in the World, or Mr & Mrs Nemo''s Impalement Act.'
Born in 1937 Brighton, Sussex; educated Xaverian College, Preston Park, Brighton. 1953-6 worked as junior clerk for Barclays Bank. Escaped to Argyle Theatre Birkenhead for first job as an actor. Then followed years of repertory (York, Windsor, Bristol, Old Vic etc etc) and television. In 1964 began appearing in Music Hall, also joined the BBC Drama Repertory Company, performing in many radio broadcasts. 1968 married the radio producer Sarah Greatorex; they have one child, the actress, Rebecca Kilgarriff. Recent television appearances: John Brown to Miriam Margolyes' Queen Victoria in Channel 4's Without Walls, and the social reformer Charles Booth in Tales from the Map-Room (BBC 2).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781840020083 |
| ISBN 10 | 1840020083 |
| Title | Grace, Beauty and Banjos |
| Author | Michael Kilgarriff |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 1998-12-11 |
| Number of pages | 300 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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