Graham McCann

Frankie Howerd: Stand-Up Comic


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      GRAHAM MCCANN

      Frankie Howerd

      Stand-Up Comic

       Copyright

      Fourth Estate

      An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF

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      This edition published by Harper Perennial 2005

      First published by Fourth Estate 2004

      Copyright © Graham McCann 2004

      Graham McCann asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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      Source ISBN: 9781841153117

      Ebook Edition © FEBRUARY 2016 ISBN: 9780007369249 Version: 2016-02-08

       Dedication

       For Mic,

       who believed I could write it, and

       Vera and Silvana, who believed I could complete it.

       Epigraph

       I don’t go for this business of the broken-hearted clown.

       Because I think a broken-hearted clown would be a damn sight more broken-hearted if he wasn’t a clown.

      FRANKIE HOWERD

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Dedication

       Epigraph

       INTERMISSION: THE YEARS OF DARKNESS

       7 Ever-Decreasing Circles

       8 Dennis

       9 The Breakdown

       ACT III: THE COMEBACK

       10 Re. Establishment

       11 Musicals

       12 Movies

       ACT IV: THE CULT

       13 Carry On, Plautus

       14 The Closeted Life

       15 Cult Status

       THE EPILOGUE

       Keep Reading

       List of Performances

       Bibliography

       Index

       Acknowledgements

       Notes

       Also by the Author

       About the Publisher