Memories

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Bloomsbury Academic, 2008 - Biography & Autobiography - 160 pages

Elaine Paige, the undisputed “First Lady of Musical Theatre”, celebrates forty years on the stage this year. Memories is the remarkable story of her own life, on and off the stage, in words and pictures.

She takes us through her extraordinary career from her earliest stage appearances, to her many starring roles in some of the biggest musicals of the modern era, including Hair, Grease, Evita, Cats, Chess, Piaf, Sunset Boulevard and The Drowsy Chaperone. She tells it how it was, sharing moments of joy and regret.

Illustrated with an extraordinary collection of images in colour and black and white, Memories depicts Elaine Paige in some of her most iconic roles – Evita, Grizabella from Cats, Edith Piaf, and Norma Desmond from Sunset Boulevard – but also shows Elaine away from the stage, in childhood, with family and friends, and on her travels. Above all we get an insight into the life and career of a true national treasure in this revealing, funny and personal book. Foreword by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

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Contents

Hair
21
Chess
77
Piaf
97
Copyright

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About the author (2008)

Since her debut in Hair, Elaine Paige has become a West End institution. As a performer she is right at the heart of the modern resurgence of the British musical, and has worked with many of its key figures, such as Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice and Trevor Nunn. Her critically-acclaimed, award-winning roles include Eva Peron in Evita, Grizabella in Cats, and Florence in Chess – each of which she originated. She has also played the title role in Piaf, Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard which took her to New York for her sensational Broadway debut, and Anna in The King and I. She played Mrs Lovett in the New York Opera production of Sweeney Todd and returned recently to the West End in the title role of The Drowsy Chaperone. As a solo artist Elaine has released many gold and platinum selling discs, and has performed in concert throughout the world, from London to Beijing. Her duet with Barbara Dickson, I Know Him So Well from the musical Chess, was number one in the UK for four weeks in 1985, and remains in the Guinness Book of Records as the biggest selling UK Chart single ever by a female duo. Her hugely popular BBC Radio 2 show, Elaine Paige on Sunday, regularly attracts 1.7 million listeners.

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