4th Annual Sheridan Morley Prize Presented on 2/22 at the Garrick Club

The 4 th Annual Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography will be presented on February 22 nd 2011 at the Garrick Club in London's Covent Garden.

During a long and illustrious career Sheridan Morley wrote more than 30 books,including major biographies of Noel Coward, John Gielgud, his father Robert Morley, and his grandmother Gladys Cooper.

To continue his legacy in the forefront of this field of literary endeavour and to celebrate the art of theatrical biography, The Sheridan Morley Prize is awarded annually for the best biography,autobiography or diary of a theatrical, artistic, or show-business subject published in the English language in the preceding calendar year.

Last year's Prize was won by The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi by AndrewMcConnell Stott. This year the Jury is the stage director Sir Richard Eyre, actress Sian Phillips CBE, and the editor of the Evening Standard, Geordie Greig, andchaired by the critic, broadcaster and biographer Ruth Leon.

The prize is supported by the Garrick Club of which Sheridan was a lifelongmember and by contributions from Sheridan's friends and colleagues.

The Prize is administered by Oberon Books by on behalf of the Trustees. The deadline for entries is December 15 th 2010, and a diverse range of books have already been entered.