From boys home to Broadway / by Kevin Palmer
- Bib ID:
- 4801849
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Palmer, Kevin
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Description:
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- Broome, W.A. : Magabala, 2010
- 239 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9781921248207
- Summary:
-
The story of Kevin Palmer's rise from a childhood spent in a boys' home, to travelling the globe with the biggest names in stage and screen, is an inspiration for anyone who has ever wanted to follow a dream. While at first he aspired to a career on the stage, it soon became apparent that it was behind the scenes where his real genius lay. Boys' Home to Broadway tells the inside story of his experiences with luminaries such as Sir Laurence Olivier, Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Nigel Hawthorn, Dame Judi Dench, Barry Humphries and Judy Davis.
- Subject:
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- Palmer, Kevin
- Theater -- Biography
- Actors -- Biography
- Boys -- Institutional care -- Queensland -- Biography
- Family
- History - Biographies - Indigenous
- Child welfare - Children's homes
- Homosexuality
- Performing arts - Theatre and drama
- London, England
- Queensland (Qld)
- Cairns (NE Qld SE55-02)
- New York (USA)
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2010
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