John Barry Humphries was an Australian comedian, satirist, and artist, best known for his on-stage and television alter egos, Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. His work is characterized by sharp satire and Dadaist humor, through which he commented on social and cultural phenomena. In addition to writing and acting, he also engaged in painting and theater, demonstrating his versatility.
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.
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.