Kenneth Williams unseen : the private notes, scripts and photographs by Butters, Wes, 1979-, Davies, Russell instant download

Kenneth Williams unseen : the private notes, scripts and photographs by Butters, Wes, 1979-, Davies, Russell instant download

xi, 276 pages : 26 cm, 2008 marks the 20th anniversary of the death of legendary comic actor and broadcaster Kenneth Williams. Among the actor's bequests, in a will which itself was controversial enough to require re-examination, was a large cache of private papers and memorabilia inherited by his godson, Robert Chiddell, and subsequently acquired by the broadcaster and Williams fanatic, Wesley Butters. This material, none of which has been seen before, includes scripts and drafts by Williams, lectures and speeches delivered by him (to an audience of policemen, in a couple of cases), a large number of superb photographs from all phases of his career, and creative writing which even extends to a fictional recreation of his own turbulent Cockney childhood. Without ever arranging it formally Williams had unwittingly assembled a brilliant scrapbook of his life, Includes bibliographical references and index