How I Escaped My Certain Fate
by Stewart Lee | Nonfiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0571254810 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0571254810 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Sparkish of Fleckney, Leicestershire United Kingdom on 4/30/2022
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Journal Entry 1 by Sparkish from Fleckney, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Saturday, April 30, 2022
In 2001, after over a decade in the business, Stewart Lee quit stand-up, disillusioned and drained, and went off to direct a loss-making musical, Jerry Springer: The Opera. Nine years later, How I Escaped My Certain Fate details his return to live performance, and the journey that took him from an early retirement to his position as the most critically acclaimed stand-up in Britain.
Here is Stewart Lee's own account of his remarkable comeback, told through transcripts of the three legendary full-length shows that sealed his reputation. Astonishingly frank and detailed in-depth notes reveal the inspiration and inner workings of his act. With unprecedented access to a leading comedian's creative process, this book tells us just what it was like to write these shows, develop the performance and take them on tour. How I Escaped My Certain Fate is everything we have come to expect from Stewart Lee: fiercely intelligent, unsparingly honest and very, very funny.
Here is Stewart Lee's own account of his remarkable comeback, told through transcripts of the three legendary full-length shows that sealed his reputation. Astonishingly frank and detailed in-depth notes reveal the inspiration and inner workings of his act. With unprecedented access to a leading comedian's creative process, this book tells us just what it was like to write these shows, develop the performance and take them on tour. How I Escaped My Certain Fate is everything we have come to expect from Stewart Lee: fiercely intelligent, unsparingly honest and very, very funny.
Journal Entry 2 by Sparkish at Allsop Arms Pub in City of Westminster, Greater London United Kingdom on Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Released 1 yr ago (4/30/2022 UTC) at Allsop Arms Pub in City of Westminster, Greater London United Kingdom
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