Flashback - David Barry - Audio Book

Flashback - David Barry : David Barry's autobiography spans almost five decades of theatre, film and televisionexperience.As a 14 year old he toured Europe with Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh in one of the most prestigious post-war theatre tours.

Vivien Leigh took a shine to him and he saw both sides of her close up. One minute she was sweetness and light, and the next she became a screaming harridan as she publicly berated Sir Laurence.

His is a story that covers everything from the pitfalls of working in live television to performing with hard drinking actors.

The autobiography is well-written and very entertaining. I wish that he will soon write a book about himself, his life, how it is to be an actor and to be sure that after one tour is finished another will come.Of all autobiographies that I read, for example about "sports legend" or of so called "stars", this one is the one you have been waiting for.

Crucible, The - Arthur Miller - Audio Book

Crucible, The - Arthur Miller : Salem, Massachusetts, 1692. A community stands accused of witchcraft, and in the mood of fear and recrimination that quickly develops men denounce their neighbours, truth is perverted by superstition, and an innocent word or deed can be distorted
into damning evidence of guilt.

The voice of reason is drowned by the rising tide of hysteria as events acquire their own momentum and run out of control.

Drawing its inspiration from the McCarthy hearings in the United States in the 1950s, 'The Crucible' uses seventeenth-century history to explore the consequences for society when men allow the dark forces of unreason to be unleashed.

Do we really have to go back in the 50s to read the story of such an event? Today, in the 21st century, there are still and it seems to me more and more such events which are happening. Just listen to this audio book : the story is a masterpiece.