More Please: An Autobiography

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Although he had originally assumed Edna's debut Melbourne appearance would be a one-off, Humphries decided to revive "Olympic Hostess" for Phillip Street and its success helped to launch what became a fifty-year career for the self-proclaimed "Housewife Superstar" (later Megastar, then Gigastar). Their friendship began in 1960 after Betjeman, while visiting Australia, heard some of Humphries' early recordings and wrote very favourably of them in an Australian newspaper.

Humphries was born on 17 February 1934 in the suburb of Kew in Melbourne, Victoria, [1] the son of Eric Humphries (né John Albert Eric Humphries) (1905–1972), a construction manager, and his wife Louisa Agnes (née Brown) (1907–1984). Becoming at first nostalgic, then adventurous and then deliriously successful, 'More Please' is an autobiography of a true aussie icon. Sir Les was the polar opposite of Dame Edna; she a culturally aspirational Protestant from Melbourne and he a culture-free Roman Catholic from Sydney. to begin in Canberra on 22 July 2012 and to conclude in Perth on 3 February 2013, although it was extended until 10 February. The longevity of Dame Edna endured for more than sixty years, but in 2012 he announced his retirement from live performance.Miller of Man From Snowy River fame and co-written by Humphries with his third wife, Diane Millstead. Humphries had written and performed songs and sketches in university revues, so after leaving university he joined the newly formed Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC). Other notable friends of Humphries included the painter Arthur Boyd, [95] the author and former politician Jeffrey Archer, whom Humphries visited during Archer's stay in prison, [96] and the comedian Spike Milligan. Humphries mostly performed solo, but he was occasionally joined on stage by supporting dancers and an accompanist during the musical numbers. He finally broke through to widespread critical and audience acclaim in Britain with his 1976 London production Housewife, Superstar!

Well ,I guess you'd have to be an aussie to appreciate the fantastic wit of this man who is an amazingly different kind of artiste.Barry Humphries, sometimes known as Dame Edna Everage, is the author of several books and many plays.

He gained considerable notoriety with his next one-man revue, Just a Show, staged at London's Fortune Theatre in 1969. Humphries was a patron and active supporter of the Tait Memorial Trust in London, a charity to support young Australian performing artists in the UK. Humphries spent two years studying at the University of Melbourne, where he studied law, philosophy and fine arts.Humphries was the author of many books, including two autobiographies, two novels and a treatise on Chinese drama in the goldfields. Dan Ilic of Time Out Sydney stated that Humphries delivered "a show that almost feels like a blue print for the foundations for the last fifty years of Australian comedy".