Description
Whether he's getting into adventures with his band of Outlaws, or driving his family crazy, there's never a dull minute with William Brown around This third bumper edition features 8 Meet Just William stories from the "voice of William" Martin Jarvis, with illustrations by Tony Ross. Includes: William's Haunted House, William's Truthful Christmas, William and Uncle George, Boys Will Be Boys, William's Day Off, William's Goodbye Present, William Plays Santa Claus and William's New Year's Day.Meet Just William is perfect for newly confident readers.
About the Author
Martin Jarvis is one of Britain's most versatile leading actors. His career, which began in the 1960s, continues to encompass just about every aspect of the entertainment industry: film, television, theatre, radio and audio recording. He is also the author of two bestselling books: a hilarious autobiographyActing Strangelyand a compelling account of his award-winning time on Broadway in 2001:Broadway, Jeeves - The Diary of a Theatrical Adventure, both published by Methuen. He is a prolific director of radio drama and, with his wife, actress/director Rosalind Ayres, produces plays and readings for BBC. They have homes in London and Los Angeles. Martin trained at RADA, where he won the Vanbrugh Award and the Silver Medal. He is an Associate of RADA and in the year 2000 was invested an OBE (Officer of the British Empire) by Her Majesty The Queen. He received a Theatre World Award on Broadway in 2001 for his title role performance inBy Jeeveswhich he also filmed.His West End, National, Almeida and Donmar theatre appearances include works by Ayckbourn, Frayn, Pinter, Maugham, Shaw and Wilde. He played Jack Worthing opposite Judi Dench's Lady Bracknell at the National Theatre in the 1980s directed by Sir Peter Hall, and premiered Harold Pinter'sOther Placesin the National's Cottesloe Theatre. Pinter directed Martin in the leading role of Hector in Giraudoux'sThe Trojan War Will Not Take Place. Martin met Sir Alan Ayckbourn at the National and subsequently went on to star in Ayckbourn's:Woman in Mind, Henceforward, Just Between OurselvesandBy Jeeves.Screen credits include leading roles in the British/Australian mini-seriesBootleg, Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Lorna Doone,Michael Frayn'sMake and Break, Ike - The War Years(with Robert Duvall) andThe Bunker(with Anthony Hopkins.) He was Linus in Richard Eyre's film ofAbsence of Warwritten by David Hare. Has guest starred (very often as villains) inMorse, Frost, Lovejoy, Casualty, Murder Most Horrid, Dr Who -plusSpace Above and Beyond, several episodes ofMurder She WroteandWalker Texas Rangerin the US. First major screen role: 'Jon' in the multi-award winningThe Forsyte Saga. Martin's feature films includeFramed, Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War,James Cameron'sTitanic, Kid With the X-Ray Eyes, Buster, The Last Escape, Taste the Blood of Dracula.Jarvis & Ayres Productions, which Martin founded with Rosalind Ayres, has produced many award-winning dramas and readings for BBC Radio, National Public Radio in America and for audio books. Their work includes outstanding interpretations of plays by Bernard Shaw, Alan Ayckbourn, Harold Pinter, Michael Frayn, David Mamet, Hugh Whitemore, Robert Shearman, Tennessee Williams, Oscar Wilde, and many more. British and American stars who have been associated with J&A productions include, in the UK: Judi Dench, Diana Rigg, Alfred Molina, Richard E. Grant, Michael York, Richard Briers, Pauline Collins, Janie Dee, Fiona Shaw, Miriam Margolyes, Patricia Hodge, Twiggy Lawson, Natascha McElhone, Martin Freeman, Barry Humphries, Phil Collins. And in the US: Brendan Fraser, Elaine Stritch, Teri Garr, Stacy Keach, Shirley Knight, Hector Elizondo, Bruce Davison, Eric Stoltz, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ed Begley Jnr, Ed O'Neill and Gregory Peck. Directors of J&A dramas include: David Mamet, Michael Grandage, David Grindley, Alan Ayckbourn, Pete Atkin, Rosalind Ayres. Jarvis & Ayres productions have received Audie awards in the US. He and Fiona Shaw starred for five years in the popular BBC seriesOur Brave Boys. HisJust Williamaudio and radio recordings are world wide best sellers. Martin was the subject of BBC TV'sThis Is Your Lifein 1999.
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