Charles Laughton
A Difficult Actor
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- Published: 29 November 2012
- ISBN: 9781448156474
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 384
a fine character actor’s tribute to the king of the tribe. The numerous insights show Callow to be that rarity, an actor who can write about acting
Jake Kerridge, Sunday Telegraph
Callow’s emphatic biography certainly presents this complicated man in all his contradictory roles
Sally Morris, Daily Mail
One of the very best theatre books ever
Alec Guinness
Remarkable...extraordinarily well written, perceptive and rivetingly sympathetic
John Gielgud
Simon Callow is a writer - and a very good one too. Few people can match him in catching with words the physical excitement of a great performance
Peter Hall