Biography and Autobiography: Present Indicative (Paperback)

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The definitive account in his own words of one of the most popular figures in British theatre. I was photographed naked on a cushion very early in life an insane toothless smile slitting my face and pleats of fat overlapping me like an ill-fitting overcoat. Later at the age of two I was photographed again. This time in a lace dress leaning against a garden roller and laughing hysterically. If these photographs can be found they will adorn this book. Thus begins the life story of one of the most celebrated characters in British theatrical history in the first of Coward s autobiographies first published in 1937. Displaying an early dedication to the theatre Present Indicative hints at the success that would come to Coward as actor playwright novelist and performer. Each line is punctuated with his trademark effervescent wit making this book a comic tour de force in it s own right as well as a must read for anyone with an interest in the British stage. He is simply a phenomenon and one that is unlikely to occur ever again in theatre history Terence Rattigan