Playing with Fire by Nigel Havers
Urbane. Brilliant. Brave. Funny. Famous. Handsome.Nigel Havers is the real-life charmer you might expect. In a career that has taken him from a schoolboy production of A Midsummer Night's Dream" to the red carpet on Oscar Night with Chariots of Fire", via starring roles in the West End Stage, classic television series like Don't Wait Up" and a cameo in Little Britain", the Hollywood blockbusters that made him a household are only the beginning. With characteristic modesty and a captivating eye for the absurd, he treats us to the highlights and lowlights of a life like no other; a life in which chilling reality (watching his father Michael -- later the Attorney General -- begin his prosecution of the Yorkshire Ripper) and beguiling fantasy (sleeping with Elizabeth Taylor) continuously and arrestingly collide.
'This is a devil-may-care, extremely endearing book with not a luvvie line in it"Absolute bollocks. Total fun."' -- The Sunday Times 'Havers could charm the knickers off a nun. Wonderfully aristocratic-looking, a great raconteur... he comes across as the sort of man you would kill to have dinner with.' -- The Daily Mail 'Playing With Fire "is a highly amusing read, self-deprecating, surprisingly well-written and it zips along at a rate of knots' -- Scotsman Magazine
The distinguished British actor Nigel Havers, has played many roles in theatre, film and TV. Famous films include Chariots of Fire, A Passage to India, and Empire of the Sun. He moved away from the big screen, appearing increasingly in TV dramas such as Upstairs, Downstairs and Look Back in Darkness. In the 1980s he headlined the BBC sitcom Don't Wait Up. His TV work continued to progress, BBC dramas include Dangerfield, and Murder In Mind. More recently he returned to comedy with Manchild. He was married to his wife Polly for 15 years, before her death in 2004. Nigel's father was Lord Havers QC, a Conservative MP, who was also an Attorney General and Lord Chancellor.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780755314607 |
| ISBN 10 | 0755314603 |
| Title | Playing with Fire |
| Author | Nigel Havers |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Headline Publishing Group |
| Year published | 2006-10-23 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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