How I Escaped My Certain Fate

Informationen zum Autor Stewart Lee began stand-up in 1988 at the age of 20, and won the Hackney Empire new act of the year award in 1990. In 2001 he co-wrote the libretto for Richard Thomas's Jerry Springer: The Opera , which went on to win four Olivier awards. His most recent live shows have been Carpet Remnant World (2011), Much A Stew About Nothing (2013) and Room With A Stew (2015). In December 2011 he won Best Male TV Comic and Best Comedy Entertainment Performance at the British Comedy Awards and his BBC show Comedy Vehicle won a BAFTA in 2012. Klappentext In 2001, after over a decade in the business, the author quit stand-up, disillusioned and drained, and went off to direct a loss-making musical, Jerry Springer: The Opera. In this book, he details his return to live performance, and the journey that took him from an early retirement to his position as a critically acclaimed stand-up in Britain. How I Escaped My Certain Fate , by Stewart Lee, is the bestselling book by acclaimed stand-up comedian, revealing the inside workings of his award-winning act. Zusammenfassung In 2001, after over a decade in the business, the author quit stand-up, disillusioned and drained, and went off to direct a loss-making musical, Jerry Springer: The Opera. In this book, he details his return to live performance, and the journey that took him from an early retirement to his position as a critically acclaimed stand-up in Britain.

Product details

• Authors: Stewart Lee, Lee Stewart
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.08.2011
• EAN: 9780571254811
• ISBN: 978-0-571-25481-1
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire > Humour, satire, satirical comedy; Humanities, art, music > Art; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy, Autobiography: arts & entertainment, TV tie-in humour, Television screenplays, scripts & performances, Television screenplays, scripts and performances