Actor and author Simon Callow provides an overview of his life and work in theaters, movies, and authoring articles, critiques, and books. It is part memoir and part anthology of his writings and sometimes seems jumbled as a result. His beginnings in the theater were not as an actor but in the workings and accounting in the box office, first at the Old Vic when Laurence Olivier was running things, and later at other venues. Watching the actors and the process of producing plays made Callow decide he wanted to act and he began to study acting. It was during that period when he became active in the gay liberation movement. He also began writing, generally about the theater and was frequently published in periodicals involving theater, film, and actors. Directing soon followed. While not as well known in the U.S., Callow has become a fixture in British theater earning a CBE for his service to acting. As I said, this book is a mixture of his life and his writings but, while mostly linear in time frame, still feels disjointed. Callow read the audiobook.
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