Rising to the surface /
Henry, Lenny.
Rising to the surface / Lenny Henry. - London : Faber & Faber, 2022. - Hardback 24 cm.
'Rising to the Surface' traces Lenny Henry's career through the 80s and 90s. The 16-year-old who won a talent competition, now has to navigate his way through the seas of professional comedy, learning his craft through sheer graft and hard work. We follow Lenny through a period of great creativity - prize-winning tv programs, summer seasons across Britain, the starring role in a Hollywood film, stand-up gigs in New York and a gala wedding to Dawn French. But with each rise there is a fall, the most traumatic being the death of his mother. But by the end of the book he has been able to rise through a sea of troubles and breaks out to the surface to accept the Golden Rose of Montreaux for his work in television.
9780571368778 (hbk.) : 20.00 0571368778 (hbk.) : 20.00
Henry, Lenny.
Comedians--Great Britain--Biography.
Actors--Great Britain--Biography.
Biography & non-fiction prose.
Autobiography: arts & entertainment.
Memoirs.
PN2598
920 HEN
Rising to the surface / Lenny Henry. - London : Faber & Faber, 2022. - Hardback 24 cm.
'Rising to the Surface' traces Lenny Henry's career through the 80s and 90s. The 16-year-old who won a talent competition, now has to navigate his way through the seas of professional comedy, learning his craft through sheer graft and hard work. We follow Lenny through a period of great creativity - prize-winning tv programs, summer seasons across Britain, the starring role in a Hollywood film, stand-up gigs in New York and a gala wedding to Dawn French. But with each rise there is a fall, the most traumatic being the death of his mother. But by the end of the book he has been able to rise through a sea of troubles and breaks out to the surface to accept the Golden Rose of Montreaux for his work in television.
9780571368778 (hbk.) : 20.00 0571368778 (hbk.) : 20.00
Henry, Lenny.
Comedians--Great Britain--Biography.
Actors--Great Britain--Biography.
Biography & non-fiction prose.
Autobiography: arts & entertainment.
Memoirs.
PN2598
920 HEN