Top USA review of Hawdon's memoir, 'Almost Famous':-

Robin Hawdon, one of England's most successful and prolific playwrights, has written an extraordinary memoir, tracing his life in the theater as both an actor and writer from the 1950s to the present. Full of wisdom and practical tips anyone considering a life in the theater would enjoy, it is also chock-full of charming personal and family anecdotes, often wickedly funny, particularly when relating his experiences with many of the greats of modern English language theater and cinema - the likes of Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Lauren Bacall, Laurence Olivier, Harold Pinter, John Gielgud, Paul Scofield, and many, many more. Mr. Hawdon, a true renaissance man, has combined a life as an actor and writer with successful ventures into theater management and real estate. He and his wife have homes in England, the south of France and Australia and have lived in South Africa and travelled the world. With self-deprecating humor, he weaves all these elements into a fast-paced memoir that is hard to put down.

Kelly C. Kammerer