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Ken Campbell: The Great Caper (Paperback)
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Ken Campbell: The Great Caper (Paperback)
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The first, authorised biography of the anarchic comic genius, much
cherished for his performances on stage and screen. Ken Campbell
(1941-2008) was a one-man whirlwind who tore through the British
theatre establishment using well-rehearsed anarchy and a genius for
surreal comedy. Starting out in rep at Stoke-on-Trent, he founded
the Ken Campbell Road Show, whose members included the then-unknown
Bob Hoskins and Sylvester McCoy, and which toured pubs and clubs
with dramatised urban myths and shaggy-dog stories. His later shows
included Illuminatus! - the first show at the National Theatre's
studio - and the 22-hour The Warp, the longest play in the world.
On television he played corrupt lawyer Alex Gladwell in the 1970s
series Law and Order, and was Alf Garnett's neighbour Fred Johnson
in the sitcom In Sickness and in Health. He later found a devoted
audience with his mesmerising one-man shows, which he toured
worldwide. Ken Campbell 'became a grand old man of the fringe,
though without ever discarding his inner enfant terrible'
Independent Theatre critic Michael Coveney was given unrestricted
access to Campbell's letters, notebooks and original scripts. From
these and from interviews with Campbell's many devoted/bemused
collaborators, he has chronicled the life of the anarchic and
uncompromising genius that was Ken Campbell. Alternately inspiring
and jaw-dropping, The Great Caper is the story of a unique and
inimitable talent in British theatre.
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