Michael Redgrave : my father

Michael Redgrave is recognized as one of Britain's leading actors.

He and his wife Rachel Kempson, were also the beginning of the Redgrave acting dynasty - Vanessa, Lynn and Corin, and their children Natasha and Joely Richardson and Jemma Redgrave.Corin Redgrave has written this biography of his father which charts both the theatrical triumphs - sharing roles with Olivier, Gielgud and Richardson at Stratford, playing opposite Peggy Ashcroft, Edith Evans and Maggie Smith - and his success in films, from Hitchcock's "The Lady Vanishes", with Margaret Lockwood, to "The Browning Version", which won him a Best Actor Prize at Cannes.It also reveals the story of Michael Redgrave's complicated personal life.

At the height of his fame he was banned from working for the BBC - a ban which was only lifted when Churchill announced the BBC's climbdown in the House of Commons.

His lovers ranged from Edith Evans to Noel Coward and an American-Indian actor with whom he was closely involved for ten years.

The problems of his bi-sexuality and the strong influence he had on his children are recounted in this book.