Charles Laughton A Difficult Actor

"One of the very best theatre books ever" -- Alec Guinness "Remarkable...extraordinarily well written, perceptive and rivetingly sympathetic" -- John Gielgud "Simon Callow is a writer - and a very good one too. Few people can match him in catching with words the physical excitement of a great performance" -- Peter Hall "Callow's emphatic biography certainly presents this complicated man in all his contradictory roles" -- Sally Morris Daily Mail "a fine character actor's tribute to the king of the tribe. The numerous insights show Callow to be that rarity, an actor who can write about acting" -- Jake Kerridge Sunday Telegraph