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Biography & memoir
Peggy Ashcroft
Michael Billington
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- Author
- Michael Billington
- Publisher
- John Murray (Publishers) Ltd
- Year
- 1988
- Edition
- First edition · not confirmed
- Binding
- Hardback
- Dust jacket
- Yes – Good
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN
- 071954436X
About this copy
Dame Peggy Ashcroft was one of the great actresses of the British stage, and here is the first book to tell her story. Michael Billington, one of London's leading theatre critics, draws on many conversations with Dame Peggy herself and with her contemporaries, including Sir John Gielgud, Sir Anthony Quayle and Sir Peter Hall. From her schoolgirl discovery of the theatre and her Old Vic days to her celebrated television work in The Jewel in the Crown and A Passage to India, this is a fascinating portrait of a complex and private woman and of the British theatre she helped shape.
A handsome hardback in its original dust jacket, with the jacket's gilt-lettered front panel and a striking Cecil Beaton back illustration of Ashcroft as Ophelia.
Condition
- Book
- Very Good. A tight, sound binding with clean pages and no ownership marks.
- Dust jacket
- Good. Bright and glossy with some light surface marks and minor shelf wear to the edges.
A pre-owned book; any wear beyond that described is minor and in keeping with its age.
Collector's notes
- A first edition of this landmark theatre biography, the first book about Dame Peggy Ashcroft's life.
- Published by John Murray, London, 1988.
- First edition, first printing, as stated on the copyright page.
- Jacket printed price: £15.95 net, unclipped.
- Jacket illustrations: front, Peggy Ashcroft (Zoe Dominic); back, As Ophelia in Hamlet at the Haymarket, 1944 (Cecil Beaton).
A fine addition to any theatre or biography shelf.
This is a pre-owned book. Please look at every photograph: they show its true condition.
