Acting Strangely: A Funny Kind of Life

by Martin Jarvis (Author)

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  Paperback
  2000

  $3.36

  An amusing account of actor Martin Jarvis's remarkable career. Jarvis populates his tales with deft portraits of the many friends and colleagues with whom he has worked and learned from: his RADA instructors, Alan Badel, Susan Hampshire, Kenneth Moore, Sir John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson.

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  Hardcover
  1999

  $4.10

  A popular British stage and screen actor, Martin Jarvis has had a highly successful and, by his own admission, strange career. In this hilarious autobiography he relates amusing tales about the acting profession and anecdotes about working with John Gielgud, Judy Dench and Harold Pinter. American audiences will remember him as Jon in the acclaimed BBC series The Forsyte Saga shown widely on US television. Jarvis has also had a highly successful career as the King of Audio , and his famous voice can be heard on countless audio-tapes.