Peace Work
Lieferzeit: Bezug 3-5 I
ISBN-13:
9780241958155
Veröffentl:
2012
Erscheinungsdatum:
06.09.2012
Seiten:
240
Autor:
Spike Milligan
Gewicht:
175 g
Format:
205x131x23 mm
Sprache:
Deutsch
Beschreibung:
Spike Milligan was one of the greatest and most influential comedians of the twentieth century. Born in India in 1918, he served in the Royal Artillery during WWII in North Africa and Italy. At the end of the war, he forged a career as a jazz musician, sketch-show writer and performer, before joining forces with Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe to form the legendary Goon Show. Until his death in 2002, he had success as on stage and screen and as the author of over eighty books of fiction, memoir, poetry, plays, cartoons and children's stories.
From the giddy heights of Hackney Empire to a Zurich Freak Show and beyond, the author makes his way through backwaters of showbiz, first as band musician then as one-man wild-act and eventually in the company of a group of like-minded comedians called Harry Secombe, Michael Bentine and Peter Sellers. They decide to call themselves The Goons...