Following the publication of "The Kenneth Williams Diaries", this is a collection of his letters. Corresponding with all manner of people, including Alec Guinness, Maggie Smith, Joe Orton, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, and the Stokers' Mess of "HMS Leverton", the letters call forth the performer in Williams - many are virtual comic monologues. They evoke the likeable and constructive nature of a man who remains, neverthless as outrageous and "difficult" as ever.

Kenneth Williams Letters

Biographies & Memoirs

Kenneth Williams

Russel Davies

Arts & Literature

HARPER/COLLINS

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Just Williams: An Autobiography

HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd

This is Kenneth Williams’ collection of his favourite barbed stories and malicious bon mots in an A to Z of unsurpassed cruelty, including cartoons by Graeme Garden and introduced by Gyles Brandreth who knew Williams for many years and is an executor of Williams’ estate. Kenneth Williams is regarded as one of the great raconteurs and comedy actors of the century. His bestselling diaries, edited by Russell Davis, reveal a complex, deeply insecure character whose bitter, excoriating wit alienated just about everyone who crossed his path. The brilliantly crafted vitriol in his private diaries found life through his TV interviews and appearances on radio shows such as Just a Minute. These outbursts have made him synonymous with the wicked story and the caustic put down. Since his suicide in 1988, his popularity has grown. A two part Omnibus programme on his life appeared on ITV and a touring one man show of Williams’ life has been playing to full houses for the last two years. Terry Johnson’s play Cleo, Camping, Emanuelle and Dick, exploring Williams’ relationship with Barbara Windsor and Sid James, ran to rave reviews and ‘The Diaries’ continue to sell.

Kenneth Williams' Complete Acid Drops

Orion Media

<p>In the pages that follow, I have collected some of my favourite exchanges which can fairly be described as acid drops. The cruel bon mot which has its sting drawn from the laughter that ensues. It was Oscar Wilde who pointed out that no comment was in bad taste if it was amusing - and if for that reason alone it is worth while preserving these delightful examples of verbal dexterity.</p>

The Complete Acid Drops

Orion mass market paperback

The unchanging laws of numbers have always been a source of delight and inspiration. Particularly attractive are the Pythagorean triples which have so many elegant and interesting properties. Now for the first time, a simple and elegant system, based on these triples has been developed which applications in trigonometry, coordinate geometry and simple harmonic motion, astronomy etc.

Triples: Applications of Pythagorean Triples (India Scientific Heritage) by Kenneth Williams (2003) Hardcover

Science & Math

Mathematics

Motilal Banarsidass