As a beginning this biography is the first complete one ever written about actor Eric Porter.
Born from a friendship thanks to which Helen Monk had access to Eric's memorabilia close before his death, this is the work through decades of a devoted fan...
Eric Porter (1928-1995) best known for his parts of Shakespeare's King Lear, Ibsen's Romersholm, Chekov's Serebryakov on the stage, is the unforgettable Soames Forsyte become a common name in Cockney and Professor Moriarty on T.V. beneath other roles.
Based on witnesses of fellows theatre, T.V. actors, friends, critics, journalists, it is a moving story about a man who didn't want to be famous, only an actor whose job was to entertain and make people think about life by forgetting their own problems.
This biography is the fulfilled dream of a fan who met her hero but the dream too of a quite lonesome actor who met a whole family: parents, children and even grandparents whom he called affectionately "His little family from Derbyshire".
IMPORTANT : This book is made of 15 chapters (volume 1) with 7 more (volume 2) with more private photographies and more drawings. Both volumes are availble in a paperback version.
Born from a friendship thanks to which Helen Monk had access to Eric's memorabilia close before his death, this is the work through decades of a devoted fan...
Eric Porter (1928-1995) best known for his parts of Shakespeare's King Lear, Ibsen's Romersholm, Chekov's Serebryakov on the stage, is the unforgettable Soames Forsyte become a common name in Cockney and Professor Moriarty on T.V. beneath other roles.
Based on witnesses of fellows theatre, T.V. actors, friends, critics, journalists, it is a moving story about a man who didn't want to be famous, only an actor whose job was to entertain and make people think about life by forgetting their own problems.
This biography is the fulfilled dream of a fan who met her hero but the dream too of a quite lonesome actor who met a whole family: parents, children and even grandparents whom he called affectionately "His little family from Derbyshire".
IMPORTANT : This book is made of 15 chapters (volume 1) with 7 more (volume 2) with more private photographies and more drawings. Both volumes are availble in a paperback version.
