Simon Callow, Michael Codron, Stephen Sondheim, et al. Shortlisted for Sheridan Morley Prize
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The shortlist for the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography has been announced, according to a report on the website for the U.K. magazine, The Stage. The £2,000 prize, established in 2008, is given for the best biography, autobiography or diary in theater or show business from the preceding year in honor of biographer Sheridan Morley.
On the list are three autobiographical works: Simon Callow’s My Life in Pieces, Stephen Sondheim’s Finishing the Hat, and Putting It On: The West End Theatre of Michael Codron, by Codron and Alan Strachan, along with Christopher Stevens’ Born Brilliant — The Life of Kenneth Williams, and Mike Bradwell’s The Reluctant Escapologist, which looks at Fringe Theater.
The jury for this year’s prize is comprised of director Richard Eyre, actress Sian Phillips and Evening Standard editor Geordie Greig.
