Will she do? : act one of a life on stage /
Atkins, Eileen, 1934-
Will she do? : act one of a life on stage / Eileen Atkins. - London : Virago, 2021. - 309 pages, 16 unnumbmered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
The story of a girl from a council estate in Tottenham, born in 1934 to an electric-meter reader and a seamstress, who was determined to be an actress. Candid and witty, this memoir takes her from her awkward performances in working-men's clubs at six years of age as dancing 'Baby Eileen', through the war years in London, to her breakthrough at thirty-two on Broadway with The Killing of Sister George, for which she received the first of five Tony Award nominations. She co-created 'Upstairs, Downstairs' and wrote the screenplay for 'Mrs Dalloway' (for which she won an Evening Standard Award). Characterised by an eye for the absurd, a terrific knack for storytelling and an insistence on honesty, 'Will She Do?' is a raconteur's tale about family, about class, about youthful ambition and big dreams and what really goes on behind the scenes.
9780349014661 (hbk.) : 18.99 0349014663 (hbk.) : 18.99
Atkins, Eileen, 1934-
Actresses--Great Britain--Biography.
Actors--Great Britain--Biography.
Biography.
Biography.
Biography & non-fiction prose.
Autobiography: general.
Biography: arts & entertainment.
Autobiography: arts & entertainment.
Memoirs.
PN2598
920 ATK
Will she do? : act one of a life on stage / Eileen Atkins. - London : Virago, 2021. - 309 pages, 16 unnumbmered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
The story of a girl from a council estate in Tottenham, born in 1934 to an electric-meter reader and a seamstress, who was determined to be an actress. Candid and witty, this memoir takes her from her awkward performances in working-men's clubs at six years of age as dancing 'Baby Eileen', through the war years in London, to her breakthrough at thirty-two on Broadway with The Killing of Sister George, for which she received the first of five Tony Award nominations. She co-created 'Upstairs, Downstairs' and wrote the screenplay for 'Mrs Dalloway' (for which she won an Evening Standard Award). Characterised by an eye for the absurd, a terrific knack for storytelling and an insistence on honesty, 'Will She Do?' is a raconteur's tale about family, about class, about youthful ambition and big dreams and what really goes on behind the scenes.
9780349014661 (hbk.) : 18.99 0349014663 (hbk.) : 18.99
Atkins, Eileen, 1934-
Actresses--Great Britain--Biography.
Actors--Great Britain--Biography.
Biography.
Biography.
Biography & non-fiction prose.
Autobiography: general.
Biography: arts & entertainment.
Autobiography: arts & entertainment.
Memoirs.
PN2598
920 ATK