The Two of Us : My Life with John Thaw

Stock Code:
BAE3468
Price:
$12.50

Description

The Two of Us : My Life with John Thaw by Sheila Hancock. 'When John Thaw, star of The Sweeney and Inspector Morse, died from cancer in 2002, a nation lost one of its finest actors and Sheila Hancock lost a beloved husband. In this unique double biography she chronicles their lives - personal and professional, together and apart. John Thaw was born in Manchester, the son of a lorry driver. When he arrived at RADA on a scholarship he felt an outsider. In fact his timing was perfect: it was the sixties and television was beginning to make its mark. With his roles in Z-Cars and The Sweeney, fame came quickly. But it was John's role as Morse that made him an icon. In 1974 he married Sheila Hancock, with whom he shared a working-class background and a RADA education. Sheila was already the star of the TV series The Rag Trade and went on to become the first woman artistic director at the RSC. Theirs was a sometimes turbulent, always passionate relationship, and in this remarkable book Sheila describes their love - weathering overwork and the pressures of celebrity, drink and cancer - with honesty and piercing intelligence, and evokes two lives lived to the utmost.'

Details

  • Author:
    Hancock, Sheila
  • Book Condition:
    Good Plus
  • Publisher:
    BloomsBury Publishing
  • Edition:
    First Thus
  • Jacket Condition:
    None
  • Binding:
    Soft Cover
  • Location:
    BIO1
  • ISBN:
    0747577099
  • Size:
    8vo
  • Pages:
    301
  • Publish Date:
    2005
Stock Level:
1 In Stock
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