Oh, What A Circus
Published on 4. May 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
464 pages
978-0-340-65459-0 (ISBN)
Description
With wit and candour, Tim Rice describes the gilded path that took him from cricket and comic-obsessed schoolboy to one of the world's best-known lyricists. Along the way he worked as a petrol pump attendant and articled clerk before becoming a management trainee at EMI. But it was his fateful meeting with Andrew Lloyd Webber in 1965 which was to be the turning-point in Tim's career. Immediate fortune didn't follow and it took the album of Jesus Christ Superstar to reach no.1 in the States before they were taken seriously. Covering every aspect of his life until his marriage to Jane McIntosh and the opening of the stage production of Evita, this is an engaging and fascinating autobiography.
Reviews / Votes
His style is edgy and elegant, and makes for a memorable read * The Sunday Times * Thoroughly engaging read by a thoroughly likeable chap * Lynn Barber, Daily Telegraph * In ... Fascinating detail ... Rice describes the conception and birth pangs of ... Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita * Mail on Sunday * Honest, engaging and witty * What's On In London * An incredible and unique story * Midweek * Tim has winning charm and wit * Sunday Herald - Glasgow * Funny, revealing and entertaining. It's Rice on Rice, proving yet again how good he is at making stories come alive * Birmingham Post *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder & Stoughton
Product notice
Paperback (UK-A)
Illustrations
4 8-page b/w sections
Dimensions
Height: 177 mm
Width: 111 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
274 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-340-65459-0 (9780340654590)
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Sir Tim Rice was educated at St Albans and Lancing College. His partnership with Andrew Lloyd Webber produced three successful musicals (as above). Later musicals include Chess and Blondel. He has received three Oscars for his lyrics for Disney's Aladdin, The Lion King and for the song 'You Must Have Me' from Evita. He was knighted in 1994.