Dimensions
163 x 242 x 30mm
As actor, playwright, screenwriter, director, novelist, historian, broadcaster and incomparable raconteur, the name of Peter Ustinov is one to conjure with in theatre, film, radio, television, opera, concert-hall or the recording studio.
Ustinov's powerful compulsion to entertain first showed itself in his precocious gift for mimicry as a child, and has continued through his rise to stardom in every aspect of his profession. In his eighties he has shown no sign of letting up - and not just in the theatre or cinema, but as an ardent human rights campaigner, and as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF.
What is the compulsion that drives him to go on working so hard, and in so many different fields? Ustinov, who has collaborated fully with John Miller, talks as frankly about his setbacks and disappointments, as he does of the rewards and excitements of his multi-faceted career. Friends and colleagues, too, have helped Miller in his search of the man behind the public image of the great entertainer.
This warm and revealing biography is the enthralling story of a man whose unique gift of laughter has been delighting audiences for more than six decades.
