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    Questo scrittore, attore e regista britannico divenne rinomato per il suo talento comico, che si estese per oltre cinquant'anni. Il suo stile è caratterizzato dal portare un'unica idea comica alle sue estreme conseguenze. Collaborò frequentemente con altri importanti comici e sceneggiatori della sua epoca. Il suo lavoro, emerso dagli esordi radiofonici fino alla celebrità televisiva, è celebrato ancora oggi per la sua originalità e il suo abbraccio dell'assurdo.

    If I don't write it, nobody else will
    The Great Crime of Grapplewick

    • The Great Crime of Grapplewick

      • 208pagine
      • 8 ore di lettura

      HUMOUR-GRAPPLEWICK IS A SMALL NORTHERN TOWN SPLOTCHED ACROSS THE MOORS.THERE EVERYBODY KNOWS WHATS GOING ON-AND THE MAYOR IS ALSO CHIEF OF THE FIRE BRIGADE,WHICH DOUBLES UP AS THE TOWN'S BRASS BAND.INTO THIS TIMELESS SCENE COMES TERENCE,A CROOK JUST OUT OF JAIL AND DESPERATELY SEACHING FOR HIS OLD ACCOMPLICE,HELLIWELL-A DIFFICULT QUEST AS HALF THE POPULATION GOES BY THE NAME HELLIWELL.SUCKED INTO THE DRAMA OF LOCAL POLITICS,TERENCE SOON WEAVES HIS OWN DEVIOUS WEB OF INTRIGUE,WITH HILARIOUS EXPLOSIVE RESULTS.

      The Great Crime of Grapplewick
      2,0

    • If I don't write it, nobody else will

      • 512pagine
      • 18 ore di lettura

      Eric Sykes’s comedy has always sported an essential core of warm humanity. This, along with his genuine creative genius, continues to prove an unforgettably winning combination. In his much anticipated autobiography, Eric Sykes reveals his extraordinary life working alongside a generation of legendary comedians and entertainers, despite being dogged by deafness and eventually virtual blindness.

      If I don't write it, nobody else will
      3,8