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The Prodigy: A Study of the Strange Life of Master Betty

Author(s):

Playfair, Giles

Illustrator(s):

Binding:

Hardcover

Volume Condition:

Very Good

Dust Jacket:

Dust Jacket Condition:

N/A

Dust Jacket Protection:

N/A

Edition:

1st Edition

Impression:

1st Impression

Signature:

None

Language:

English

Publisher Name:

Secker & Warburg

Publication Year:

1967

Publication Place:

London, UK

ISBN:

–

Book ID:

028044

Catalogue(s):

Autobiography and Biography ◇ Performance Arts and Plays

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First edition. 190pp, with plate frontispiece and further plate illustrations. In purple cloth-covered boards with gilt titles. Red endpapers. 8vo. Cloth a little pushed at spine ends. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

Not so much a biography as ta study of the life of William Henry West Betty, or Master Betty as he was known on stage, and the curious turns it took. As a actor Betty divided opinion; and he made his farewell to the stage, as a failure, at the age of 32, turning to the retired life of a country gentleman yet still surprising commentators, not least by his longevity.

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