Touch of the Memoirs

by Donald Sinden

1982. No Edition Remarks. 256 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Signed by the author with dedication to title page. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Sticker to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Water staining to top edges. Pen inscription to inside front flap.

256 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1983

Reviews

[Jim]

Donald Sinden was a prominent British stage and screen actor and one of the best theatrical raconteurs of his time. This first volume of his memoirs is interesting as a study of his life and career, but even more so as a compendium of great stories of the theatre. For anyone who loves the theatre, this is a highly enjoyable book.

[Gerald Sinstadt]

Donald Sinden has had a largely very successful acting career, but it has featured good and bad plays, good and bad films. This is reflected in a book that also has good and bad parts.

Readers will learn much about the ups and downs of a life on stage and in the studio. The chapter about the making of Mogambo with Clark Gable, Ava Gardner and Grace Kelly under John Ford's direction alone makes the book worth reading.

There are also a number of funny anecdotes but not as many as the author seems to believe. Pratfalls and encores, the story of a life many will envy. We don;t all get to meet the Aga Kahn.