Ontelly

Afternoon Reading - An Audience with Max Wall - Cracks in the Wall

Logo for Afternoon Reading - An Audience with Max Wall - Cracks in the Wall

Tony Lidington plays the entertainer Max Wall in this series of shows recorded before an invited audience at the Concert Artistes' Association in Covent Garden. Max describes his tempestuous relationship with his mother Stella. When war breaks out in 1939, Max becomes a wireless operator in the RAF, but continues to entertain.