Peggy: The Life of Margaret Ramsay Play Agent

Written by the literary manager of the Royal Shakespeare Company, this biography relates the exploits of an influential member of the British theater community. Her clients included the writers Joe Orton, Eugene Ionesco, John Mortimer, Robert Bolt, Edward Bond, and Alan Ayckbourn. She was also involved romantically and professionally with Samuel Beckett, and was involved with the first staging of Waiting for Godot . Chambers draws on the records of her agency and 40 years' worth of correspondence between Ramsay and her writers. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.