Will she do? : act one of a life on stage /
by Atkins, Eileen.
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BookPublisher: London : Virago, 2021Description: 309 pages, 16 unnumbmered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780349014661 (hbk.) :; 0349014663 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 920 ATKSubject(s): 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 | MemoirsSummary: 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.
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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.
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