Our Time of Day
My Life with Corin Redgrave
Published on 27. August 2014
Book
Hardback
206 pages
978-1-78319-100-0 (ISBN)
Description
'I remember thinking if life had been different, I might have liked to have ended up with that man.'
Our Time of Day was inspired by Corin's revelation that after suffering brain damage he could remember little of his marriage - despite the fact that for over thirty happy, passionate and turbulent years he and Kika had shared their love of acting, family and left-wing politics with ceaseless energy and commitment.With great empathy and wit, Kika records their lives on and off stage - two great actors from two theatrical families. She draws upon intimate records of the thoughts and feelings that they had both expressed in personal diaries, writing with often brutal honesty. Finally she charts the poignant trajectory of Corin's illness, from the moment he suffered a near-fatal heart attack during a speech on behalf of the Dale Farm gypsies, to severe memory loss, cancer and his eventual death from an aneurysm in the brain. Throughout these troubled years both continued acting in plays and films, as well as strenuously pursuing the human rights causes they held so dear.
Our Time of Day was inspired by Corin's revelation that after suffering brain damage he could remember little of his marriage - despite the fact that for over thirty happy, passionate and turbulent years he and Kika had shared their love of acting, family and left-wing politics with ceaseless energy and commitment.With great empathy and wit, Kika records their lives on and off stage - two great actors from two theatrical families. She draws upon intimate records of the thoughts and feelings that they had both expressed in personal diaries, writing with often brutal honesty. Finally she charts the poignant trajectory of Corin's illness, from the moment he suffered a near-fatal heart attack during a speech on behalf of the Dale Farm gypsies, to severe memory loss, cancer and his eventual death from an aneurysm in the brain. Throughout these troubled years both continued acting in plays and films, as well as strenuously pursuing the human rights causes they held so dear.
Reviews / Votes
Our Time of Day captures the exhaustion, the confusion, the unpreparedness of learning to love someone you have loved already; the same man, but with parts missing, parts changed... There are also funny anecdotes about those picky traits that cause repetitive arguments, and confessions that many are not prepared to make. Kika divulges an honesty that is impressionable-she is not self-pitying, or saintly, but really just comes across as human. * The Lancet Neurology * Honest and moving... This engaging and thought-provoking book serves to remind practitioners of the enormous strain families come under caring for their relatives. The compassion the family shows for one another in these circumstances is heartwarming. Kika aimed to give comfort to families going through similar experiences: this she does with her accessible and direct writing style. * The Psychologist *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
384 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78319-100-0 (9781783191000)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Kika Markham's long career in the cinema, television and theatre as an actress includes many appearances; Minder, The Life and Times of David Lloyd George, Van der Valk, Cracker, and Agatha Christie's Poirot. Markham married actor Corin Redgrave. Markham and Redgrave appeared together twice on screen: first in Lynda La Plante's Trial and Retribution in 2000 as a judge and barrister respectively; and later in the BBC's Waking The Dead as lovers suspected of the murder of a government advisor. They also appeared on stage together in an acclaimed revival of Noel Coward's A Song at Twilight, along with sister in law Vanessa Redgrave. Kika was directed by Francois Truffaut in Les Deux Anglaises et le Continent (1971) and has appeared in other films such as Outland (1981) and Killing Me Softly (2002).