Drama and Delight: The Life of Verity Lambert
Drama and Delight: The Life of Verity Lambert, later retitled and released as Drama and Delight: The Life and Legacy of Verity Lambert, was a book that took a closer look at the life and career of Doctor Who first producer Verity Lambert.
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For five decades, the name Verity Lambert appeared on the end credits of many of Britain’s most celebrated and talked about television dramas, among them Adam Adamant Lives!, Budgie, The Naked Civil Servant, Minder, Edward and Mrs Simpson, Eldorado, G.B.H. and Jonathan Creek' '. She was the very first producer of Doctor Who, which she nurtured through its formative years at a time when there were few women in positions of power in the television industry. Later, she worked within the troubled British film business and became a pioneering independent producer, founding her own highly-successful company, Cinema Verity.
But who was the woman behind all these triumphs and what was the price she paid to achieve them?
(This part was an addition in the 2021 paperback)
Within her profession, she was hugely respected as a driven, formidable but always stylish exponent of her craft, with the stamina and ability to combine quantity with quality.
Combining painstaking research and interviews with many of Lambert’s closest friends and colleagues, Drama and Delight captures the energy and spirit of this remarkable woman and her lasting legacy.
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- The ISBN remained the same on both 2015 and 2021 editions.
- The 2021 edition contained 380 pages in black and white, plus 28-page photo insert in black and white and colour.
- The 2015 hardback was limited to 350 copies.
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