Being Tommy Cooper by Tom Green

Being Tommy Cooper by Tom Green

Las Vegas 1954: Tommy Cooper faces the prospect of his first big failure. As personal and professional problems collide, he faces stark choices about the future. Moving between the 1950s and 1970s, the play also tells the story of three other people in Tommy's life. There's his dour Scottish manager Miff Ferrie, with whom Tommy is locked in what he "a hate-hate relationship". They rely on each other, but can hardly bear to be in the same room. Will Tommy follow up on his threats to break free? We also meet Billy Glason, a one time vaudeville act who has set himself the almost impossible task of selling Cooper a huge collection of jokes. After 30 years on stage, he is now living the life of a travelling salesman, with any profits he makes disappearing all too quickly into slot machines. Finally, there is Mary Kay - the woman with whom Tommy fell in love and whom he came to rely on. There is only one woman she can't compete with: Tommy's wife. Mary loves Tommy, but can she continue to withstand his abuse?

"Brave in its mission, Being Tommy Cooper is a slick, emotive and thoroughly entertaining portrait of one of the most popular comics of the 20th century" British Theatre Guide "The play is full of great comedy but also some high drama...a must see for fans of Cooper." WhatsOnStage "Highly recommended ... a thought-provoking portrayal of a man who will always be loved by millions, yet wasn't quite what he seemed." Blackpool Gazette "A fascinating insight into how one man can simultaneously be a national hero and his own worst enemy" York Press

Tom Green, journalist, writer and video producer, has been reporting on and producing programming about technology for over two decades.

Green is the founder (2017), publisher and editor in chief of Asian Robotics Review. Previously, 2012-2016, he launched and was founding editor in chief of Robotics Business Review (a property of EH Publishing). Green was also on-air host and lead researcher (2013-2016) for Robotics Business Review's webcast programs, as well as lead editor and contributing author for Robotics Business Review's annual series of robotics research reports.

Green has spoken at national and international robotics events and conferences; has been the subject of interviews on robotics with Barron's, The Wall Street Journal, Swissquote, and CNN Money, among others; and also serves as a consultant and adviser on robotics from startups to multi-national corporations.

Formerly, as a TV writer/producer at Boston's ABC affiliate WCVB-TV, Channel 5, he wrote and produced the news program Lifelines; and was lead writer on weekly sitcom Park Street Under. His work has been twice nominated for Emmy Awards.

His stage plays were produced at Boston's Next Move Theatre and then reproduced as radio plays for National Public Radio. Green's In the Room the Women Come and Go won a UNICO national short story award.

Green owned and operated his own video production company for ten years where he produced video for corporations, broadcast, and cable TV.

He is the author of the Amazon best seller Bright Boys: The Making of Information Technology (Taylor & Francis, 2010).

Green's newest book, The Untold Story of Everything Digital, Bright Boys, Revisited, published by Taylor & Francis (London) goes on sale October 2019.

Web address for The Untold Story of Everything Digital

http: //www.brightboysmedia.com/untold-story.html

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ISBN 13	9780573110528
ISBN 10	0573110522
Title	Being Tommy Cooper
Author	Tom Green
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Samuel French Ltd
Year published	2014-01-27
Number of pages	72
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.