Kortom...: de autobiografie
Cleese, John
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- Author
- Cleese, John
- Publisher
- Prometheus
- ISBN
- 9789044623925
- Language
- Dutch
- Condition notes
- 2014, 352 pp, paperback, used
- Category
- Theatre, cabaret, music
About this book
In short… this is the candid yet hilarious life story of a tall, shy young man from Weston-super-Mare who went on to become a legend.In his autobiography, John Cleese takes us back to his first public performance, at St Peter’s Preparatory School, when he was eight years and ten months old. He describes his overprotective parents, who seemed unable to stay in one house for more than a year; his first job, as a teacher who knew nothing about the subjects he was supposed to teach; his days as a law student at Cambridge, in the company of a hamster; and his meeting with Graham Chapman, the man who would be his writing partner for twenty years. We follow him through his early acting and writing experiences with, amongst others, Peter Sellers, David Frost and Marty Feldman, right up to the heyday of Monty Python. Along the way, Cleese shares his views on a host of topics, such as the nature of comedy, the great merits of cricket and the minor ones of water-skiing, and the importance of knowing the reigns of all the kings and queens of England. Through this autobiography, a masterful achievement by the world’s greatest comedian, we gradually get to know the man who conquered the world with Monty Python and Fawlty Towers.John Cleese (1939) studied law at Cambridge but went on to become the most famous British comedian of the twentieth century. He is known to a wide audience for his roles in Monty Python and Fawlty Towers, in which he runs a hotel in his own unique way. As well as being an actor, Cleese is also a screenwriter and producer.