Finance ✦ Penny’s Take
The Pleasures of Age
Robert Morley · 1990
66/100
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Robert Morley's octogenarian memoir is genuinely charming and funny in the way that only a lifelong stage performer can pull off — warm, self-deprecating, and full of good theatrical anecdotes. At 159 episodic pages it is more delightful bedside reading than durable insight, and contemporary readers without a feel for mid-century British theatrical culture may find the insider references wearing thin.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety96
substance55
craft68
originality60
accuracy65
hype52
age-fit70
human-eye65
Penny’s verdict66
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