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Shark Infested Waters

Shark Infested Waters


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Theatrical agent, Michael Whitehall, has represented anyone who is anyone in show business: from Stewart Granger, Tom Courtenay, Leslie Grantham, Elaine Stritch, Peter Bowles, Nigel Havers, Daniel Day Lewis and David Hemmings to Colin Firth, Richard Griffiths, Kenneth More, Edward Fox, Richard E. Grant, Judi Dench, John Le Mesurier and Donald Sinden. In his memoir, "Shark-Infested Waters", Michael Whitehall contrasts the glamorous image of theatrical life with the mundane realities of the business, while passing on some startling trade secrets along the way. A laconic raconteur of refreshingly unstar-struck theatrical anecdotes, Whitehall deftly sketches the social comedy of his eccentric background: growing up in suburban London in the 1950s, his schooldays at Ampleforth and his subsequent adventures as a prep school master - worthy of Evelyn Waugh himself - before becoming an actors' agent. Whitehall represented some of the most famous names in British film, theatre and television, though he writes about them not as 'celebrity icons' but as idiosyncratic human beings, rejoicing in their foibles with a deliciously dry wit. Whitehall has an acute eye for the vanities and absurdities of show business and is a natural storyteller. Not for nothing has he been hailed by several national broadsheet and tabloid journalists as 'the funniest man in London'. "Shark-Infested Waters" is a charming, funny and piquant view of a world that has always fascinated the public.

Table of Contents:
AcknowledgementsPrologueKeeping Up AppearancesA Little LearningThose Who Can't, TeachThe Agent Comes of AgeHanging FireThe Dilettantes of St James'sPrivate LivesFinancial AffairsThey Come, They Go, Who Called?Poacher Turned Gamekeeper

About the Author :
Michael Whitehall has also worked as a journalist, a solicitor's articled clerk, a Bar student of the Middle Temple, a copywriter in an advertising agency, a PR consultant and a charity fundraiser. He lives insouth-west London with his wife and three children.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781857252156
  • Publisher: Timewell Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Timewell Press
  • Height: 234 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • ISBN-10: 1857252152
  • Publisher Date: 14 Jun 2007
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Width: 156 mm


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