Black Beech and Honeydew - An Autobiography

Collins, 1966. Faded spine, with wear at top and bottom of dustjacket spine, other minor signs of wear to dustjacket, but otherwise in good secondhand condition.

Her account of her childhood and adolescence in Christchurch, New Zealand, captures all the joys, fears and hopes of growing up, and transmits her gradual awareness of the special flavour of life in her native land. From her parents both gifted amateur actors, she inherited a love of the theatre. Her work in drama has encompassed play-writing, acting, and a series of Shakepearean production with university students. She describes with wit and enthusiasm her activities in the thetre and as an author...