Mein schrilles Leben
- 411 Seiten
- 15 Lesestunden
Barry Humphries Bücher
John Barry Humphries war ein australischer Komiker, Satiriker und Künstler, der vor allem für seine Bühnen- und Fernseh-Alter-Egos Dame Edna Everage und Sir Les Patterson bekannt ist. Sein Werk zeichnet sich durch scharfe Satire und dadaistischen Humor aus, mit dem er gesellschaftliche und kulturelle Phänomene kommentierte. Neben Schreiben und Schauspielerei widmete er sich auch der Malerei und dem Theater und zeigte damit seine Vielseitigkeit.
Barry Humphries has deliberately furnished his biographers with half-truths and fiction, but now he has written his own account of his life. He tells of his schooldays, his Australian adolescence, his indiscretions, his renunciations and his appetites.
Barry Humphries's first novel. Mrs Petty is a famous housewife with a successful TV show. She is also Derek Pettyfer - fiftyish, cultured, set in his ways. His arrival at any party, however sophisticated, always provokes a discreet little frisson amongst the guests. But Derek is also lonely.
Doran, Amanda-Jane, Punchlines - 150 years of humorous writing in Punch. London, HarperCollins, 1991. 26cm. XII, 371 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes work by authors / comedians such as: John Bentjemen / Mary Dunn / Graham Greene / Melvyn bragg / Stevie Smith / William Boyd / Robert Graves / etc.
Less Is More Please
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- 3 Lesestunden
Book by BARRY HUMPHRIES
The Best Loved Poems of John Betjeman
- 99 Seiten
- 4 Lesestunden
Book by Betjeman, John
Described by Barry Humphries as a cubist self-portrait, this autobiography revisits his childhood, his adolescence, his love-hate relationship with Australia and his adventures of the heart and of the stage. In this memoir, his various fascinations are explored: painting, travel, marriage and divorce, and his friendships with comedians, artists and writers such as Spike Milligan, Dudley Moore, Peter Cook, Patrick White, Sidney Nolan, John Betjeman, Stephen Spender and many others.
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