Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables vii
4. Preface ix
5. Acknowledgments xvii
6. Illustrations xix
7. Kid on the Halls: Barry Humphries Speaks 3
8. It All Begins with Bizarre: Barry Humphries Makes Tidy Copy 34
9. Humphries as Poet, Poet Taster, Lyricist, and Comic Singer 57
10. Dressing Up Discourse, Dressing Down the Audience: Humphries’ Stage Scripts 100
11. Autobiography as Mockery, or Barry Humphries in Mock Turtle 137
12. Barry Humphries: Scriptor or Descriptor? His ficcionnes 186
13. Humphries’ Occasional Texts, or One Good Man’s Miscellany 219
14. Appendices 253
15. Addendum 293
16. Notes 299
17. Bibliography 331
18. Index 355