ISBN: 9780333194287

Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure by Joyce Grenfell. "As silent partner to the comic genius of Joyce Grenfell, Reginald Grenfell - whom she was married to for 50 years, and loved witho… Mehr…

Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure by Joyce Grenfell. "As silent partner to the comic genius of Joyce Grenfell, Reginald Grenfell - whom she was married to for 50 years, and loved without. Tall and avuncular, he was a man of few words, but they were well chosen. Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure by Joyce GrenfellPresentation copy inscribed and signed by Joyce Grenfell's husband Reggie - to whom this book is dedicated - on the title page thus: "For Helen Sykes With love & thanks Reggie"; Macmillan 1976 1st ed, 295pp., text generally in decent order albeit with slight browning to page edges and to the page extremities at the very top, side & bottom, grey strip down the right hand side of page 11, bumping & rubbing to board corners, to the top, bottom & sides of boards & top & bottom of spine, boards & spine slightly browned/faded, price-clipped dust jacket is browned, worn & marked.From Reggie Grenfell's obituary (edited for the sake of both clarity & brevity):"As silent partner to the comic genius of Joyce Grenfell, Reginald Grenfell - whom she was married to for 50 years, and loved withoutexception - was not quite the shadow he might have seemed.Staying with Marmaduke Hussey (husband of Reginald's niece, Susan), Joyce would 'scribble away at her sketches', and read them out loud. 'No, don't like that,' barked Reggie, in a voice which has been described as that of a kindly sergeant-major; or 'Yes, that's good.'Maureen Lipman, whose revival of Joyce Grenfell's monologues and verse did so much to enliven Reginald Grenfell's later years, recalled that he could 'make you feel you were brilliant. Tall and avuncular, he was a man of few words, but they were well chosen. He had massivesincerity, and an apple-cheeked bonhomie.' To James Roose-Evans, writer of the Re: Joyce revival and editor of Grenfell's letters anddiaries, Reginald Grenfell was almost a caricature of an English gentleman in a tweed suit, who 'hid behind stock phrases', rewardingLipman's 'impersonation' of Joyce Grenfell with a 'Well done, old gel', as though he were a character from one of his wife's acutelyobserved monologues.Grenfell was the elder son of Arthur Grenfell and his first wife, Victoria, the eldest child of the fourth Earl Grey, who died when Reginald was five. He met Joyce Phipps when she was 17, and they married in 1929. They were unable to have children, and friends wereimportant to them, and included Edith Evans, Celia Johnson and her husband Peter Fleming, and Noel Coward. In 1936 they settled in acottage on the Cliveden Estate, in the shadow of Joyce's aunt Nancy Astor. In 1939, Joyce was working as radio critic for the Observer,and Reginald was commuting to London when the advent of the drama critic Herbert Farjeon into Joyce's life suddenly propelled her intotheatre proper.As Joyce became increasingly involved in what she queasily saw as 'show business', Reginald stayed in the background - 'almost out ofthe room', as Maureen Lipman recalls. Having trained as a chartered accountant, Grenfell worked most of his life for mining companies inthe City, joining Oliver Lyttelton (later Viscount Chandos) at British Non-Ferrous Metals in 1939. After the war, he became a director ofMessina (Transvaal), a South African copper company.Following his wife's death from cancer in 1979, Grenfell was necessarily lonely, made more so by the passing of Virginia Graham,Joyce's best friend. However, he kept up appearances, tending his wife's memory and assembling her letters - from Coward, Britten orBetjeman - in carefully notated boxes. Maureen Lipman recalls his always being 'proper' when she came to research Re: Joyce, ever thegentleman. Once, James Roose-Evans remembers Reginald mistook his call on the intercom for that of Lipman's and was surprised to hear Mr Grenfell call out, 'Come on up, darling'; a comic episode his wife would surely have enjoyed."Will ship by Royal Mail 1st Class Signed for, well packaged.(£5.55/neben/gonella).aucCounter a { text-decoration:none; }.aucCounter span:hover { text-decoration:underline; }.aucHiddenCounter { display:none; }.aucCounterOrangeText { color:#FB6D05; font-family:Arial; Font-size:13px; Font-weight:bold; }.aucCounterBlueText { color:#0068ac; Font-family:Arial; Font-size:11px; } Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter, Gut, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Bestes Angebot, [LT: BestOffer], Personalised: Yes, Signed By: Reggie Grenfell, Book Title: Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure, Signed: Yes, Narrative Type: Non-Fiction, Original Language: English, Inscribed: Yes, Edition: First Edition, Publication Year: 1976, Format: Hardcover, Item Height: 297mm, Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated, Genre: Biographies & True Stories, Topic: Autobiography, Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom, Item Width: 210mm, Item Weight: 820g, Number of Pages: 295 Pages, Pan Macmillan<

1976, ISBN: 9780333194287

295 S., zahlr. s/w Foto-Abb., 24 cm Pappband mit Schutzumschlag Lese- und Lagerspuren. Schutzumschlag etwas berieben und bestoßen. Buch gebräunt. Schnitt angestaubt. Gutes Exemplar (Film.… Mehr…

295 S., zahlr. s/w Foto-Abb., 24 cm Pappband mit Schutzumschlag Lese- und Lagerspuren. Schutzumschlag etwas berieben und bestoßen. Buch gebräunt. Schnitt angestaubt. Gutes Exemplar (Film.Bio.) A/Z 29764 Film.Bio. A/Z ISBN 0333194284 Versand D: 2,80 EUR Autobiographie, Englische und amerikanische Literatur, Frau, Schauspielerin, Komödiantin, Sängerin, Theater, Film, England, Englischsprachige Ausgabe, [KW:Autobiografie], [PU:London and Basingstoke Macmillan London Ltd,]<

ISBN: 9780333194287

Hardback. Good., 2.5