At Freddie's
Books / Paperback
ISBN: 0395956188 / Publisher: Mariner Books, September 1999
Freddie, the elderly proprietress of the Temple Stage School for children, attempts to outwit two successful businessmen who are interested in taking over the school
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In the 1960s, "Freddie's" was the common name for the Temple Stage School, which supplied London's West End theaters with children for roles in everything from Shakespeare to musicals to the Christmas pantomime. Freddie, the proprietress, is a formidable woman of unknown age and murky background who brings everyone she meets under her spell - so common an occurrence, it is known as "being Freddied."At Freddie's we meet any and all theatrical types, including dour Pierce and enchanting Hannah, two teachers whose love affair falters when Hannah falls for an amiable drunken actor; Jonathan, a nine-year old actor of great promise, and his slick rival Mattie; and Joey Blatt, who devises wicked plans to rescue Freddie's from insolvency. The story of what happens "at Freddie's" is, in the end, for those of us who sometimes pretend to be what we are not - which is to say, act a little.
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