The Prodigy: A Study of the Strange Life of Master Betty
Author(s):
Playfair, Giles
| Binding: | Hardcover |
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| Size: | 6 - 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall |
| Volume Condition: | Very Good |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Edition: | 1st Edition |
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| Impression: | 1st Impression |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | Secker & Warburg |
| Publication Year: | 1967 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| SKU: | 028044 |
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| Categories: | Autobiography and Biography , Performance Arts and Plays |
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First edition. 190pp, with plate frontispiece and further plate illustrations. In purple cloth-covered boards with gilt titles. Red endpapers. 8vo. Cloth a little pushed at spine ends. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.
Not so much a biography as ta study of the life of William Henry West Betty, or Master Betty as he was known on stage, and the curious turns it took. As a actor Betty divided opinion; and he made his farewell to the stage, as a failure, at the age of 32, turning to the retired life of a country gentleman yet still surprising commentators, not least by his longevity.
Keywords:
William Betty
Actors
Theatre History
William Henry West Betty
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