{"product_id":"9780008244743","title":"Dead Now Of Course","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Law, Phyllida \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 27\/07\/2017,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 144 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780008244743,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘My future mother-in-law burst into tears when she heard her son was to marry an actress. There’s still something disturbing, I grant you, about the word “actress”. If an MP or some other outstanding person plays fast and loose with an actress the world is unsurprised. She is certainly no better than she should be, and probably French…’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  As well as being a mother (to the actresses Sophie and Emma Thompson) and a devoted carer to her own mother and mother-in-law, Phyllida Law is also a distinguished actress, and Dead Now Of Course is the tale of her early acting career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As a young member of a travelling company, Phyllida learned to cope with whatever was thrown at her, from making her own false eyelashes to battling flammable costumes and rogue cockroaches. We find her in Mrs Miller’s digs, which were shared with a boozy monkey bought from Harrods, an Afghan hound known as the ‘the flying duster’, several hens and various children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Filled with funny, charming anecdotes, Dead Now Of Course paints a fascinating picture of life in the theatre – and at the heart of the story is an enchanting account of Phyllida’s courtship with her future husband, the actor and writer Eric Thompson.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697376985132,"sku":"9780008244743","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780008244743_a273971f-3927-4cb8-a802-83eb8eb0d2da.jpg?v=1759675355","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780008244743","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}