- Paperback: 193 pages
- Publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd; 2nd Revised edition edition (4 Oct 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0413765504
- ISBN-13: 978-0413765505
- Product Dimensions: 21.5 x 13.5 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 333,280 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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At last the memoirs of Nicholas Craig - theatrical eminence best known for his Truepate in The Cuckolde of Leicester and more popularly as Gob in Oh No! It's the Neighbours! - are re-released for a grateful audience, updated with a wealth of new and controversial material. Startlingly truthful, unflinchingly illustrated, I, An Actor is a piton up the slope of creativity for theatre fans and aspiring actors alike, revealing everything that most theatrical autobiographies cravenly avoid. Should you sport a moustache in your publicity photo? How can you fix a prolapsed labial or a bad case of 'blow-out'? What should you never call Alec Guinness during rehearsals? Is it true Brian Blessed only weighs 9 1/2 stone? And what should you do when Hollywood comes calling? This book blows the lid off the secrets of the profession, leaving no reputation safe.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Being a bit of an am-dram myself, i bought this book to give me a few tips and pointers. It certainly gave me plenty. And reassurance too! I have been labouring under the misapprehension that I spit on my fellow actors; Mr Craig has put me right, and my 'actoplasm' can now flow with abandon.
A seriously entertaining read for all those who enjoy actors, acting and seeing pomposity pricked.
Excellent!
A seriously entertaining read for all those who enjoy actors, acting and seeing pomposity pricked.
Excellent!
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Okay, so it's been out before, okay, so I am biased and he's a bloody good mate, but lovely Nigel has really done a damn fine job of updating the whole shebang. I know lovely Chrissy Douglas had a hand in it, behind the scene's as t'wer, but you can feel Nigel's influence on every page. At last, someone who's prepared to be honest about how much bloody hard work we actors do darling.
I laughed until I puked, and then suddenly, a cruel mirror was turned at me and I shuddered, was I really an actor after all?
Brilliant, should be read by everyone who's ever been near a theatre, an actor or even, frankly, if you've just watched a bit of telly.
This is what it's really like.
I laughed until I puked, and then suddenly, a cruel mirror was turned at me and I shuddered, was I really an actor after all?
Brilliant, should be read by everyone who's ever been near a theatre, an actor or even, frankly, if you've just watched a bit of telly.
This is what it's really like.
Format:Hardcover
A really delightful book..a spoof, but so full of truth..extremely funny especially for anyone who has lived with an actor.
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