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Fading into the Limelight: The Autobiography
by
Peter Sallis
For more than 30 years, Peter Sallis has played Clegg in
Last of the Summer Wine
, the world's longest-running sitcom. With his dry, cynical wit and cautious nature, Clegg has been taken to the hearts of his audience. Now the man behind this creation, and the voice of Wallace in
Wallace & Gromit
, is telling his story. From his early days in the RAF in World War II, thro
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Paperback
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256 pages
Published
November 1st 2007
by Orion Publishing
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As Peter Sallis’ enhanced resume of experiences in and around the theatre, this book is interesting and full of anecdotal stories. This book is not an autobiography, in so much as it is not the story of a life.
In the first few chapters we get to peek in on Sallis as a person, as a human. Reading Sallis’ is like listening to a grandfather recount. He may digress and sift in a current opinion here and there; it’s comfortable.
Once the book takes us past school and enters the “real world” of theat ...more
In the first few chapters we get to peek in on Sallis as a person, as a human. Reading Sallis’ is like listening to a grandfather recount. He may digress and sift in a current opinion here and there; it’s comfortable.
Once the book takes us past school and enters the “real world” of theat ...more
Not precisely what i expected. I bought this because i love Last of the Summer Wine and a fellow fan recommended it. I wont lie, i was disappointed my favourite show only mentioned an incredibly brief mention. What did surprise me was how my amiable Cleggy has worked with pretty much every major movie and broadway star in his long and varied career. It was a delight to read, feeling like Mr Sallis was simply letting you know what he'd been unto since the last time you'd shared a pint down the pu
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An interesting story from one of our best loved actors. I only knew him from Last Of The Summer Wine, and as the voice of Wallace in the Wallace and Grommit animations, but you get to know a lot about his early theatre work and his time in the RAF.
I am not into autobiographys, but I really enjoyed this one.
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