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 154
... sort . By the night of 1 April , one day from the party , I was getting nervous and thought I ought to jog his memory . At the Streatham theatre he had a sort of tent rigged up on the side of the large stage , where he could repair his ...
... sort . By the night of 1 April , one day from the party , I was getting nervous and thought I ought to jog his memory . At the Streatham theatre he had a sort of tent rigged up on the side of the large stage , where he could repair his ...
Page 191
... sort of positive stillness . We must have stood just inside the room for almost a minute before realizing it was full of people ; what we had at first taken for furniture were the backs of nuns kneeling . We stepped outside again ...
... sort of positive stillness . We must have stood just inside the room for almost a minute before realizing it was full of people ; what we had at first taken for furniture were the backs of nuns kneeling . We stepped outside again ...
Page 228
... sort of dismissal even after I had won a scholarship to a drama school and carried away the annual prize after ... sort of recognized my face , when he said , ' I'll leave the lights on in the back of the cab ; I expect that's what you ...
... sort of dismissal even after I had won a scholarship to a drama school and carried away the annual prize after ... sort of recognized my face , when he said , ' I'll leave the lights on in the back of the cab ; I expect that's what you ...
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