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 Books
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'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.
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.
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
- 64 pages
- 3 hours of reading
Book by BARRY HUMPHRIES
The Best Loved Poems of John Betjeman
- 99 pages
- 4 hours of reading
Book by Betjeman, John
Teksten van conférences van hedendaagse Nederlandse cabaretiers.
Mein schrilles Leben
- 411 pages
- 15 hours of reading
