Patrick Garland's memoir of "Tyrannous" Rex captures one of the most complex legends to grace the stage and screen. Rex Harrison was an exceptionally talented actor who won world-wide acclaim with his roles as Dr. Doolittle and Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady and was capable of command performances in Chekhov and Pirandello. He had an incomparable ability to seduce an audience, while offstage he was charming, witty, debonair and nonchalant - an English gentleman always impeccably clothed in suits from Savile Row and shirts from Jermyn Street.However, he also possessed a legendary temper, overwhelming snobbery, and appalling cruelty. He was truly exasperating to those around him.Patrick Garland, the noted English director, first met Rex Harrison in 1976 and produced and directed the revival of My Fair Lady with him on Broadway in 1980. Sensing that the usual biography would fail to capture such a difficult subject, Garland chose to pen a good-natured memoir of his years of personal and professional friendship with Harrison. Frequently hilarious, The Incomparable Rex portrays the many faces of the actor with anecdotes, diary extracts, pen portraits, and personal reminiscences. Read Less