The Two of Us: My Life with John Thaw
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (756 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1582344175 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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The Two of Us is an utterly compelling portrait of their lives-personal and professional, together and apart-against the rich backdrop of the film and theater worlds of the late twentieth century. When John Thaw arrived at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art on scholarship, he felt like an outsider. In fact, his timing was perfect: it was the sixties and the arena of television was just opening up. Theirs was a sometimes turbulent, always passionate relationship, and Sheila describes their lives together, weathering overwork and the pressures of celebrity, drink and cancer, with honesty and piercing intelligence. In this unique double biography, Sheila Han
She lives in London.. Sheila Hancock was born in 1933 and attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before embarking on a successful career in acting, both on stage and screen; she was the first woman director of the Royal Shakespeare Company
'A book of exceptional emotional candour' Sunday Telegraph 'Wise, witty and at times unbearably moving' Glasgow Herald 'Startlingly good Hancock is remarkably good at evoking period and place' Sunday Times 'Her honest, graceful account leaves nothing out - Thaw's alcoholism, his depression, their separation, their love' Dublin Sunday Independent
Refreshing, touching, honest. Ms. Hancock's account of her marriage to actor John Thaw (Inspector Morse, Kavanagh, etc.) stands well above the typical show-biz memoir. She pulls no punches and relates the ebb and flow of each of their lives as well as their marriage - the highs and lows, the good and bad.And there was plenty that was bad when Thaw's depression combined with growing alcoholism to try their marriage to it. Inspector Morse: We Hardly Knew Ye prisrob Sheila Hancock was married to John Thaw for 28 years. They were wonderful, lovely, sad, dangerous, depressing and glorious years.She writes in two person of their life together and of their separate lives before they met. Their life together, says Sheila "weathered overwork, pressures of celebrity, drink and cancer, separation and joyful reunions."I met John Thaw as the indubitable Inspecto. Excellent Biography of a Legendary Acting Couple! Sheila Hancock OBE and John Thaw CBE were one of Britain's most successful acting couples. Sadly, John Thaw died of cancer like Sheila's first husband did so many years ago. As actors, they are both terrific actors. Hancock is still doing the West End theater and film and television. As the surviving spouse, she writes about her partnership with Thaw onstage and offstage. She writes about t