My Life in Pieces (71 page)
Authors: Simon Callow
Simon Callow is an actor, director and writer. He has appeared on the stage and in many films, including the hugely popular
Four Weddings and
a Funeral
. Callow’s books include
Being an Actor
,
Shooting the Actor
, a highly acclaimed biography of Charles Laughton, a biographical trilogy on Orson Welles (of which the first two parts have now been published), and
Love is Where it Falls
, an account of his friendship with the great play agent, Peggy Ramsay.
A Nick Hern Book
MY LIFE IN PIECES
First published in Great Britain in 2010
by Nick Hern Books Limited,
14 Larden Road, London W3 7ST
This ebook edition first published in 2012
Copyright © 2010 Simon Callow
Sources of material previously published elsewhere are given in the list of Acknowledgements on p. 419 Extract on p. 411 from
Four Quartets
by T.S. Eliot reproduced with permission of Faber and Faber Limited
Simon Callow has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work
Cover design by Ned Hoste, 2H
Front cover photograph by Kevin Davis, imagecounterpoint.com
Typeset by Nick Hern Books, London
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN 978 1 78001 012 0 (ePub format)
ISBN 978 1 78001 013 7 (Mobi format)
ISBN 978 1 78001 014 4 (PDF format)
ISBN 978 1 84842 054 0 (Print edition)
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