CHAPLIN - Stage by Stage
The definitive account of Charlie Chaplin appearances in
a dance act, plays, comedy sketches, Music Hall,
and American Vaudeville.
CHAPLIN – Stage by Stage – Contains every known stage appearance Chaplin made in the UK and, for the first time ever, the ones he made in Vaudeville, touring America with the Fred Karno Company of Comedians. Along the way, many myths and mistakes from other works on Chaplin will be corrected, and many lies and legends exposed. But, in destroying the negative, a positive picture is built up of the very medium which created the man and the screen character “Chaplin.”
Includes extracts from the scripts of the plays and sketches in which Chaplin appeared, complemented by reviews and plot descriptions, all of which help to complete the picture of the influences which affected Chaplin’s later film work. Read and be Amazed!
258 pages – 130 illustrations.
Laurel and Hardy Books Reviews
“Chaplin Stage by Stage” is one of the very few essential books in the vast Chaplin bibliography.”
DAVID ROBINSON (Chaplin biographer)
“… impossible to understand Chaplin or his career without it.”
Simon Callow (The Guardian)
“Chaplin Stage by Stage” is such a bible for dates and tours, I consult it often. And recommend it to anyone working on Chaplin’s early days.
Kate Guyonvarch (Roy Export S.A.S. Paris)
What a fabulous book! Not only is it a brilliant piece of research but it is also wonderfully written. A real joy!
Stuart Bolton (Stockport)
“Chaplin Stage by Stage” is an excellent book and it has kept me chuckling away with your humorous barbs at Charlie’s rose-tinted recollections.
Phil Key (former Editor of the Liverpool Daily Post)