Simple Gifts (A Life in the Theatre)

Title: Simple Gifts (A Life in the Theatre)
Author: Ogilvie, George
Price: $25.99

The autobiography of a boy from provincial Australia so determined to be an actor he endured ridicule, loneliness and starvation to achieve it. It begins with his joining Englands last melodrama company and ends with a standing ovation at the Sydney Opera House. On the way he also takes a spiritual journey to see God in all things, and records with engaging candour the ups and downs of Australian theatre and film in which artists like Joan Sutherland, Leo McKern, Googie Withers, Warren Mitchell, Dennis Olsen, John Hargreaves, George Miller, Mel Gibson and Russell Crowe are remembered with affection

Publisher: Currency Press Pty Ltd
Publication date: 01/09/2006
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780975730188
Publishing status: AU Dropshipping