Happiness and Tears - The Ken Dodd Story

First biographical assessment of Ken Dodd since his death in 2018, charting the life and career of the comic legend, who straddled the line between the tail end of variety and the golden age of television.

About the author

Louis Barfe is a journalist and expert on all aspects of the entertainment industry. He is the author of Where Have All The Good Times Gone? The rise and fall of the record industry (2004), Turned Out Nice Again – the story of British light entertainment (2008), The Trials and Triumphs of Les Dawson (2012) and Happiness and Tears: the Ken Dodd Story (2019). He tweets @AlanKelloggs.

Summary

A definitive life one of the best-loved and most enduring figures of British comedy, the eccentric genius and national treasure Ken Dodd, whose seven-decade career straddled the end of the era of variety and the golden age of television comedy.

Foreword

A definitive life one of the best-loved and most enduring figures of British comedy, the eccentric genius and national treasure Ken Dodd, whose seven-decade career straddled the end of the era of variety and the golden age of television comedy.

Additional text

This excellent biography is the first serious assessment of the life and legacy of Ken Dodd ... It gives an honest, well-rounded portrait of a great eccentric and comic genius' Choice Magazine.

Product details

• Authors: Louis Barfe, Barfe Louis
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9781788549547
• ISBN: 978-1-78854-954-7
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Performing arts: comedy, Comedy and stand-up, Biography: arts and entertainment, Non Fiction