Product Description

Here, for the first time, is complete collection of actor and entertainer Stanley Holloway’s incomparable comic monologues, which he performed between 1929 and 1941. All the much-loved characters such as Albert Ramsbottom (‘with a stick with an ‘orse’s ‘ead ‘andle’), Sam Small (‘Sam, Sam, pick oop tha’ arm), and King ‘Arold (‘on his ‘orse with his ‘awk in his ‘and’) are gathered together and brilliantly illustrated by cartoonist Bill Tidy.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12659 in Books
• Published on: 1988-06-30
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 1 pages

About the Author
Sir Robert Michael Marshall, usually known as just Michael Marshall, was born in Sheffiled in 1930. He was a business man, politican, cricketer and author. His work includes a biography of Jack Buchanan (The Timetable of Technology), Gentlemen and Players and The Book of Comic and Dramatic Monologues. He died in Chichester in 1998.

Customer Reviews

Exceptionally entertaining stuff
The book is full of all your timeless favourites and is wonderful value for money.

Great stuff
Marvellous collection of SH's best-loved monologues. Nice to dip into for a chuckle every now and then.

Excellent material for reading out loud and very funny.
The monologues are grouped by 'hero'. I found them very funny and my children loved me reading it aloud to them. They have a lovely flow and rhythm. They are of a time that is now gone, but they do have a genuine 'englishness' that still makes people laugh. They are also very clever.