Public Places: My Life in the Theater, with Peter O'Toole and Beyond

ISBN: 0571211283

Author: Phillips, Sian

Condition: New

Magnificent (The Sunday Times)-a fascinating portrait of one of the great love affairs of show business and a compelling account of a woman coming into her ownSin Phillips and Peter OToole were one of the theaters most fabulous couples-a marriage perhaps rivaled only by that of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in terms of glamour, power, and public fascination. In her exceptional memoir, Phillips reveals in thoughtful detail their tumultuous life together. She describes the mad and impulsive times with the infamous hellraiser alongside the tempestuous, insecure, and often lonely periods in their marriage. When OTooles career took off with Lawrence of Arabia, Sin found life increasingly difficult in her parallel roles as wife, mother, and actress, and watched as her own career became progressively sidelined. Against all expectations, though, their union endured for twenty years. When it ended, incredibly, even to herself, Sin plunged straight into another marriage, to a much younger man. Ultimately she emerges alone-triumphant and unrepentant-and the story she recounts here ranks alongside the very best in show business.