Uploaded November 2017 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Having moved to London at the ripe old age of 18 with theatrical aspirations, our heroine is rapidly poached by the legendary impresario, Thelma Holt - she of the 3 husbands - who baptises her by fire, pays her a pittance, and dubs her her assistant.
In this delightful glimpse of West End life backstage in the '80s and '90s, the indelibly renamed "Sweetpea" Slight serves as gopher, trouble-shooter and general factota to her indomitable mentor, oscillating wildly between poverty and glamour, but clearly relishing every minute of it.
This is neither literature, nor art; but as a memoir of her boss, and an affectionate, humorous and revealing peek at the likes of Alan Rickman, Dustin Hoffman, Vanessa Redgrave and the producer's producer, Peter Hall, it is both frothy and fun.
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Having moved to London at the ripe old age of 18 with theatrical aspirations, our heroine is rapidly poached by the legendary impresario, Thelma Holt - she of the 3 husbands - who baptises her by fire, pays her a pittance, and dubs her her assistant.
In this delightful glimpse of West End life backstage in the '80s and '90s, the indelibly renamed "Sweetpea" Slight serves as gopher, trouble-shooter and general factota to her indomitable mentor, oscillating wildly between poverty and glamour, but clearly relishing every minute of it.
This is neither literature, nor art; but as a memoir of her boss, and an affectionate, humorous and revealing peek at the likes of Alan Rickman, Dustin Hoffman, Vanessa Redgrave and the producer's producer, Peter Hall, it is both frothy and fun.
thisoldHoarehouse.com
