The Kenneth Williams Letters by Russell Davies

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The Kenneth Williams Letters by Russell Davies

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Following the bestselling publication of THE KENNETH WILLIAMS DIARIES, the devastating self-portrait of one of our most loved and complex performers is completed with this marvellous selection of his letters.

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The Kenneth Williams Letters by Russell Davies

Following the bestselling publication of THE KENNETH WILLIAMS DIARIES, the devastating self-portrait of one of our most loved and complex performers is completed with this marvellous selection of his letters. This is a wonderful treasure trove of correspondence with all manner of people, including Alec Guinness, Maggie Smith, Joe Orton, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, and the Stokers’ Mess of HMS Leverton. Kenneth Williams took letters very seriously, and he was always disgusted by a morning that failed to provide him with some material to pore over. Letters called forth the performer in Williams in a way that his diaries never did: many of them are virtual comic monologues, and in general they suggest more strongly than the diaries the likeable and constructive side of a man who remains, nevertheless, as outrageous and ‘difficult’ as ever.

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Russell Davies, who also edited The Kenneth Williams Diaries, is a freelance writer and broadcaster. A former film and TV critic of the Observer and TV critic of the Sunday Times, he has also written a column on sport for the Sunday Telegraph. He has presented many literary and political features on TV and radio (including a history of radio comedy).

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ISBN 13 9780006380924
ISBN 10 0006380921
Title The Kenneth Williams Letters
Author Russell Davies
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Binding type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 1998-11-02
Number of pages 336
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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