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JON PERTWEE: MOON
BOOTS AND DINNER
SUITS £13.99
(Paperback) Jon Pertwee’s
acting career began with
a public performance at
the age of four. He seems
to have been expelled from most of the
schools his actor-writer father Roland
Pertwee sent him to and finally joined
RADA in 1936. From there too, he was
asked to leave. Jon went into Rep and had
a checkered career. In Brighton panic set
in when he dressed as an old gardener in
Love from a Stranger instead of as a young
cleric in Candida. Whether telling stories
of a misspent youth, of his posterior’s first
painful introduction to a fives bat or his
exploits with the McKenzie sisters in the
north of Scotland, Jon Pertwee’s humour
and natural wit never fail him. Moon
Boots and Dinner Suits is a wry, funny and
endearing portrait of the early years of a
most innovative and well-loved actor.
KAREN LOUISE HOLLIS:
THE MAN BEHIND THE
MASTER (THE
BIOGRAPHY OF ANTHONY
AINLEY) £19.99
(Hardback) Although
known to an audience of
millions the world over for his portrayal
of The Doctor’s arch nemesis The
Master in Doctor Who during the 1980’s,
Anthony Ainley had a prolific career which
encompassed starring roles in Spyders
Web and It’s Dark Outside, as well as
appearances in renowned dramas such
as The Pallisers, Elizabeth R, Nicholas
Nickleby, Upstairs, Downstairs, and cult
films including Blood On Satan’s Claw and
The Land That Time Forgot.
But the dramas in Anthony’s real life
were far more fascinating than any of the
many parts he played on screen. Born the
illegitimate son of actor Henry Ainley, and
taken into care at the Actors’ Orphanage at
the age of four, the hidden story behind one
of Doctor Who’s most enigmatic characters
is brought to life by author Karen Louise
Hollis.
Using exhaustive interviews with friends
and colleagues from every aspect of
Anthony’s life, including his best friend from
school, fellow children from the Actors’
Orphanage, cricketing friends, colleagues,
and those who remained close to him until
his death in 2004, this book aims to uncover
the real Anthony Ainley - The Man Behind
The Master.
CHARTERS AND
CALDICOTT:
AS WAR BEGINS
BY PETER STOREY
£10.99
This book brings together
- for the very first time -
all the scenes that Charters and Caldicott
appeared in - telling the story of what
they saw, what they said and what they
understood to be happening. It tells the
humorous way that Charters and Caldicott
saw the world and the funny and exciting
adventures that happened
to them during this very turbulent time in
world history.
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