Private Faces and Public Places
Private Faces and Public Places
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The remarkably honest and brilliantly entertaining memoir of one of our finest acting Dames whose long and celebrated career includes her much-loved performance as Livia in I, Claudius and who was married for 20 years to the hell-raising Hollywood star Peter O'Toole.
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Private Faces and Public Places by Sian Phillips
'Modern classics: elegantly written and breathtaking in their honesty' Daily Express Siân Phillips has a long and celebrated career on both stage and screen. For the first time, her two bestselling volumes of memoir Private Faces and Public Places will be available as a single volume with a brand new foreword by the author. With wonderful stories and unflinching candour, Private Faces and Public Places covers her life from its beginnings in the remote Welsh countryside, where life hadn't changed for centuries, to finding herself at the epicentre of the acting world at its most glamorous alongside husband Peter O'Toole, whose career was about to take off with the spellbinding Lawrence of Arabia. Siân describes the mad and wonderfully impulsive times with O'Toole alongside the tempestuous, insecure, and often lonely periods in their marriage. Incredibly, it endures over 20 years. When it ends, surprising even herself, she plunges straight into another marriage, with the much younger actor Robin Sachs. Emerging alone from her second marriage, triumphant and unrepentant, the story Siân tells ranks alongside the very best in show business.
'Magnificent' * Sunday Times *
'A fascinating read, easily one of the best autobiographies of the year' -- Lynn Barber * Daily Telegraph *
'A stimulating work of art. . a rare bird indeed among "showbiz" books' -- Hugh Massingberd * Daily Telegraph *
'A delightful memoir, written with great warmth and freshness' * Mail on Sunday *
'A fascinating read, easily one of the best autobiographies of the year' -- Lynn Barber * Daily Telegraph *
'A stimulating work of art. . a rare bird indeed among "showbiz" books' -- Hugh Massingberd * Daily Telegraph *
'A delightful memoir, written with great warmth and freshness' * Mail on Sunday *
Dame Siân Phillips was born in Glamorgan, Wales in 1933. Her long and illustrious acting career includes a starring turn as Livia in I, Claudius and Goodbye, Mr Chips, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. She continues to appear regularly on both stage and screen, most recently in Strike (BBC One). She was made a Dame in 2016.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781529373639 |
| ISBN 10 | 1529373638 |
| Title | Private Faces and Public Places |
| Author | Sian Phillips |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2021-11-25 |
| Number of pages | 592 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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