Though academia was his first choice, the more immersed Fry became in theater, both acting and writing, the more serious consideration he gave to it as a career. Soon Fry was appearing in numerous plays, often in kingly or other wise older roles. Unlike at American universities, where drama is an official subject, the myriad Cambridge theater groups-such as Footlights-are completely student-run and separate from academic life. But he adjusted quickly to Cambridge life, where he read English and excelled at written exams without having attended many lectures. Officially a “criminal” when he arrived at the prestigious university in 1979-he got caught stealing at age 17 and spent a month in a young offender’s institution-Fry worried he wouldn’t fit in. With his trademark dry wit, Fry recounts his Cambridge years and those leading up to his 30th birthday in this genuinely touching and often hilarious second autobiographical installment after 1999’s Moab Is My Washpot.
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