A commonplace book

After Sir Alec Guinessess's death in August 2000, two notebooks were found in his study in which he had jotted down quotations from favourite books, thoughts on Shakespeare, anecdotes from the theatre and even remarks overheard in the street. His collection is now published in this volume. "When Sir Alec Guinness died in August 2000 at the age of eighty-six, he left behind two exercise books filled with entries in his small, beautiful handwriting, together with a typed-up Introduction that suggests he planned to have the books published or broadcast in some way. Together they make up this…