A Positively Final Appearance: A Journal 1996-98A worthy successor to the beloved actor's earlier diary "My Name Escapes Me, " this new volume contains Sir Alec's journal from June 1996 to December 1998. A "New York Times" Notable Book of the Year. |
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Page 56
... Five shillings . ' She showed us upstairs to a square room at the front of the house and left us . There was a squashy bed in a corner , a hand basin on a table , a pock - marked mirror and a couple of rush - bottomed chairs . Merula ...
... Five shillings . ' She showed us upstairs to a square room at the front of the house and left us . There was a squashy bed in a corner , a hand basin on a table , a pock - marked mirror and a couple of rush - bottomed chairs . Merula ...
Page 85
... five minesweepers in the poem which begins ' Dawn off the Foreland ' nearly always make me put a knuckle to my eye . Dusk off the Foreland – the last light going And the traffic crowding through , And five damned trawlers with their ...
... five minesweepers in the poem which begins ' Dawn off the Foreland ' nearly always make me put a knuckle to my eye . Dusk off the Foreland – the last light going And the traffic crowding through , And five damned trawlers with their ...
Page 230
... five judges were for returning the sick old man to Chile and three for flying him off to Spain , a country which has only re - enjoyed democracy for the last twenty - five years after a Fascist dictatorship of thirty - five years ...
... five judges were for returning the sick old man to Chile and three for flying him off to Spain , a country which has only re - enjoyed democracy for the last twenty - five years after a Fascist dictatorship of thirty - five years ...
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actors admirable afternoon appeared arrived asked beautiful bells birds blue called church couple course dark death door doubt dressed expect eyes face feel felt finally five four gave give glass half hand head hear heard hope hour hundred imagine interest John knew lady late later leaving light lives London looked lunch managed Merula mind minutes months morning never night once painted party past performance perhaps play present probably remember returned round seemed seen side sitting smile sort sound stage standing Street suppose sure telephone theatre things thought told took trees turned voice walked watched wearing week wonder young