What Kind Of Fool?: The Life Of Anthony Newley

By Roy Smiles

WHAT KIND OF FOOLS by Roy Smiles explored the life of singer-songwriter and actor Anthony Newley and his rise from the slums of Hackney to international fame. Covering the years as a childhood actor and The Artful Dodger in David Lean's OLIVER TWIST to conquering Broadway and the West End with his musicals STOP THE WORLD (I WANT TO GET OFF) and THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT (THE SMELL OF THE CROWD). Using the songs of Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse. Roy Smiles is an award winning playwright. His plays include YING TONG (about Spike Milligan), KUR & SID (about Kurt Cobain), YEAR OF THE RAT (about George Orwell) and THE WEIGHT OF DAYS (about Albert Camus). He is alive & vaguely well & living in Sydenham. A suburb of London so far south it fought for the Confedercy in the American CIvil War.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0BSJ9J74R
• ISBN13: 9798374064902
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 61 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.1" x 6.0"