To order copies of Tales from The Palace Theatre 1912-2012……
…….a celebration of the Centenary of The Palace Theatre in Westcliff…
…….by Rachel Lichtenstein, Charles Sharman-Cox and Stewart Trotter….
…….. please e-mail the lovely LISA PEACOCK at The Book Inn, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England…..
thebookinn@talktalkbusiness.net
…….and tell her Trixie the Cat sent you…..
The book costs £25.99 including postage and packing.
It is hard-backed, 140 pages long and lavishly illustrated…..
………with an inspiring Foreword by Dame Helen Mirren…….
Writing in The Stage, doyen critic Richard Anthony Baker, who describes the book as ‘sumptuous, said:
Tales from The Palace Theatre is an apt title for the book , since, besides being a thorough-going, intensely rehearsed history, it includes a feast of anecdotes…..
To read in more detail the RAVES from the Critics, please click: HERE.
To read extracts from ‘Paul Greenhalgh’s Tale’ ……..
……an hilarious account of weekly rep in the 1960’s, please click: HERE
To read how the whole project came about, please click: HERE
And don’t forget, all proceeds from the book will go the Theatre Club to maintain the fabric of what Dame Helen calls….
…..the Grand Old Lady of Westcliff….
‘Bye now…..
Why is Stuart Mitchell not mentioned at all, he was Musical Director at the theatre for many years??
This is surprising. We were simply recording what people who worked at the Palace Theatre said. I remember him clearly.