Peace Work - Peace/War Autobiography Vol. 7

SPIKE MILLIGAN

ISBN 10: 0718135334 / ISBN 13: 9780718135331

Published by MICHAEL JOSEPH LTD, 1991

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Peace Work - Peace/War Autobiography Vol. 7
• Publisher: MICHAEL JOSEPH LTD
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0718135334
• ISBN 13: 9780718135331
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Comedy

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Synopsis

In this sequel to his war memoirs Milligan is now on Civvy street and a jazz trumpeter in the Bill Hall Trio, playing at venues ranging from the Hackney Empire to a Freak Show in Zurich. This autobiography, which captures the atmosphere of a grey post-war Europe, ends with Milligan pursuing a solo stand-up career as a comedian and the first ad lib sessions of The Goons, with Bentine, Sellers and Secombe.

About the Author

Spike Milligan was born at Ahmednagar in India in 1918. He received his first education in a tent in the Hyderabad Sindh desert and graduated from there, through a series of Roman Catholic schools in India and England, to the Lewisham Polytechnic. He then plunged into the world of Show Business, seduced by his first stage appearance, at the age of eight, in the nativity play of his Poona convent school. He began his career as a band musician, but has since become famous as a humorous scriptwriter and actor in both films and broadcasting. Spike received an honorary CBE in 1992.