Playing with Fire
Published on 23. October 2006
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-7553-1460-7 (ISBN)
Description
Urbane. Brilliant. Brave. Funny. Famous. Handsome.Nigel Havers is the real-life charmer you might expect. In a career that has taken him from a schoolboy production of A Midsummer Night's Dream" to the red carpet on Oscar Night with Chariots of Fire", via starring roles in the West End Stage, classic television series like Don't Wait Up" and a cameo in Little Britain", the Hollywood blockbusters that made him a household are only the beginning. With characteristic modesty and a captivating eye for the absurd, he treats us to the highlights and lowlights of a life like no other; a life in which chilling reality (watching his father Michael -- later the Attorney General -- begin his prosecution of the Yorkshire Ripper) and beguiling fantasy (sleeping with Elizabeth Taylor) continuously and arrestingly collide.
Reviews / Votes
'This is a devil-may-care, extremely endearing book with not a luvvie line in it. "Absolute bollocks. Total fun."' -- The Sunday Times 'Havers could charm the knickers off a nun. Wonderfully aristocratic-looking, a great raconteur... he comes across as the sort of man you would kill to have dinner with.' -- The Daily Mail 'Playing With Fire "is a highly amusing read, self-deprecating, surprisingly well-written and it zips along at a rate of knots' -- Scotsman MagazineMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Headline Publishing Group
Illustrations
8pp b/w and 8pp colour photos
Dimensions
Height: 31 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 240 mm
Weight
668 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7553-1460-7 (9780755314607)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
The distinguished British actor Nigel Havers, has played many roles in theatre, film and TV. Famous films include Chariots of Fire, A Passage to India, and Empire of the Sun. He moved away from the big screen, appearing increasingly in TV dramas such as Upstairs, Downstairs and Look Back in Darkness. In the 1980s he headlined the BBC sitcom Don't Wait Up. His TV work continued to progress, BBC dramas include Dangerfield, and Murder In Mind. More recently he returned to comedy with Manchild. He was married to his wife Polly for 15 years, before her death in 2004. Nigel's father was Lord Havers QC, a Conservative MP, who was also an Attorney General and Lord Chancellor.