David Weston (Theatre)

Broschiertes Buch

Covering McKellen

An Understudy's Tale

Beschreibung

A re-issue of the acclaimed memoir by David Weston, chronicling the year he spent as Ian McKellen's understudy in the Royal Shakespeare Company's tour of King Lear.

Autor

David Weston was born in London and was educated at Alleyn's School Dulwich where he was taught by Michael Croft and helped to found the National Youth Theatre. After National Service, where he was commissioned in the Royal Artillery, he won a scholarship to RADA. After seasons of rep in Cheltenham and Manchester he spent most of the sixties making films, including leading roles in such classics as Becket, Heroes of Telemark, Masque of the Red Death and the leading role in Walt Disney's Legend of Young Dick Turpin. Although he has appeared in countless television series and plays, from Dixon of Dock Green and Z Cars, via Minder, Lovejoy, Doctor Who to East Enders and The Bill, his main career has been in the theatre where he was appeared in 27 of Shakespeare's play, many of them several times. He is married and has two sons and four grandchildren and has supported Chelsea FC since 1957.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 306g
• ISBN-13: 9781786824752
• ISBN-10: 1786824752
• Artikelnr.: 52624457