24 May
William Trevor was born in 1928. He is an Irish author and playwright, who has won the Whitbread Prize three times and has been nominated four times for the Booker Prize, most recently for his novel Love and Summer. Read Love and the Summer by William Trevor
Simon Callow
Simon Callow is an actor, director and writer. He has appeared in many films, including the hugely popular Four Weddings and a Funeral. Callow's books include Being an Actor, Shooting the Actor, a highly acclaimed biography of Charles Laughton, a biographical trilogy of Orson Welles (of which the first two parts have now been published) and Love is Where it Falls, an account of his friendship with the great play agent, Peggy Ramsay.
Featured Books, with extracts, by Simon Callow
Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World Simon Callow
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 23 February 2012.
Acclaimed actor and writer Simon Callow captures the essence of Charles
Dickens in a sparkling biography that explores the central importance of
the theatre to the life of the... Format: Hardback - Released: 02/02/2012