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When John Thaw, star of The Sweeney and Inspector Morse, died from cancer in 2002, a nation lost one of its finest actors. Sheila Hancock lost a beloved husband. In this unique double biography she chronicles their lives - personal and professional, together and apart. Thaw was born in Manchester, the son of a lorry driver. When he arrived at RADA on a scholarship he felt an outsider. In fact his timing was perfect: it was the sixties and television was beginning to make its mark. With his roles in Z-Cars and The Sweeney, fame came quickly. But it was John's role as Morse that made him an icon. In 1974 John married Sheila Hancock, with whom he shared a working-class background and a RADA education. Sheila was already the star of the TV series The Rag Trade and went on to become the first woman artistic director at the RSC. Theirs was a sometimes turbulent, always passionate relationship, and Sheila describes their love - weathering overwork and the pressures of celebrity, drink and cancer - with honesty and piercing intelligence.Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-139780747570202
eBay Product ID (ePID)91333976
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Two of Us: My Life with John Thaw
AuthorSheila Hancock
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2004
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Dimensions
Item Height234mm
Item Width153mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorSheila Hancock
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom