MUCH ADO ABOUT ME

by Fred Allen ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 13, 1956

A second volume in the late humorist's autobiography, this precedes chronologically his earlier Treadmill To Oblivion (1954) and gives the picture of his early life up to his radio days. John Florence Sullivan's world was safe in the hands of his aunts after his mother's death; before he finished school he was working in the Boston Public Library and after school there were jobs of many kinds. Juggling was his first love and when he discovered amateur nights, work was tolerated until he could turn professional. He played the short and long circuits around Boston, he broke away to New York, he made a long tour of Australia and he got from the small time to the big time in his goal of the Palace. This follows the revisions of his act, his working knowledge of audience psychology, his different partners and the types of towns and theaters he learned to know, it shows is interest in writing, in comedy and in the good days of vaudeville. It's a wide open story, filled with many of his odd angled phrases, and should prove a windfall for his many admirers.

Pub Date: Nov. 13, 1956

ISBN: 1434477592

Page Count: -

Publisher: Little, Brown-A.M.P.

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 1, 1956

Categories: NONFICTION