{"id":4713,"date":"2024-02-28T17:40:58","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T17:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patsytrench.com\/?p=4713"},"modified":"2024-02-28T17:41:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T17:41:01","slug":"its-not-easy-being-the-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patsytrench.com\/2024\/02\/28\/its-not-easy-being-the-first\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s not easy being the first"},"content":{"rendered":"
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. . . you find someone else with a slightly higher profile got there before you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s not that I thought nobody had ever written a book about the history of acting before, though until I was browsing yesterday in the National Theatre bookshop I hadn’t actually come across one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Needless to say I don’t expect to compete with Peter Ackroyd, one of the most distinguished – and prolific – writers of history and in particular of London alive today. I’m reading his book now, which may be a mistake as it may (or just may not) cover the same ground I’m tentatively treading on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All I can say in my defence is that I used to be an actor and Peter Ackroyd – to my knowledge – never was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PS If you want to follow the book as I write it do please subscribe to me FREE on Substack.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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