Turn Back the Clock : Her Best Monologues and Songs - Softcover

Grenfell, Joyce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0708849032 ISBN 13: 9780708849033

Publisher: Futura Publishing Co Inc, 1984

Synopsis

To her fans, the late Joyce Grenfell needs no recommendation and this book contains a collection of some of her sketches and songs. Included in this book are "The Women's Institute Lecturer", "Nursery School Sketches" and "Opera Interval".

About this title

About the Author:

Joyce Grenfell was born Joyce Phipps, daughter of the youngest of the beautiful American Langhorne sisters, of whom the most celebrated was Nancy, Lady Astor. Her girlhood, spent on the fringes of the famous Cliveden set among such men as George Bernard Shaw and Noel Coward, spanned the twenties, but it was not until 1938, at a dinner party, that she gave an impromptu imitation of a Women's Institute speaker and discovered her genius for dramatic monologue. She was an accomplished actress and starred in many well known films, including the St Trinian's series along with George Cole, Alastair Sim and Frankie Howerd. She was also a regular to television, radio and the stage, and entertained troops during the war with her usual wit, charm and humour. She died in 1979.

About this edition

• Publisher: Futura Publishing Co Inc
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0708849032
• ISBN 13: 9780708849033
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288