Dead Now Of Course

Phillida Law - actress, writer and mother to Emma and Sophie Thompson - is a very likeable storyteller, but this is really not her best work. It promises much, but nearly all of her anecdotes and stories left me wanting: wanting more detail, more resolution and more reflection. Law is self-deprecati......more

Lovely memoir of Phyllida Law's beginnings as an actress with interesting anecdotes of life in the theatre including all the little jobs she did to make ends meet, and her romance with actor Eric Thompson which led to marriage (and two lovely daughters, Emma and Sophie, both actresses as well). She......more

i listened to the audiobook, read by the author herself - she's the actress emma thompson's mother, also an actress. she's telling stories about her life as a young actress. she has a wonderful speaking voice, which is a little fancy and old-fashioned. she is warm, friendly, charming, smart, and sil......more

This is charming but pretty incoherent. Phyllida has a very informal style, that you have to interpret, as you might do if having a conversation with her in person in a crowded room, perhaps an afterparty. It's remarkably compact. She certainly wastes no words; even those that might have been useful......more

Entertaining Vignettes The abrupt endings of many of these anecdotes is disconcertingly blunt at times, but that doesn't detract from the highly entertaining nature of the stories. Evoking bygone times, it would probably be best to have a genuine interest in the theatre if you are planning to set abo......more