Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Preview

£0.00 for first 30 days

Try for £0.00
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

The Show Won't Go On

By: Jeff Abraham, Burt Kearns
Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
Try for £0.00

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Summary

There has never been a show business book quite like The Show Won't Go On, the first comprehensive study of a bizarre phenomenon: performers who died onstage. From the comedy magician who dropped dead on live television to the amateur thespian who expired during a play called The Art of Murder, the book is a celebration of lives both famous and obscure, as well as a dramatic and accurate recounting of events leading to the moments they died "doing what they loved." The Show Won't Go On covers almost every genre of entertainment, and is full of unearthed anecdotes, exclusive interviews, colorful characters, and ironic twists.
©2019 Jeff Abraham and Burt Kearns (P)2019 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
Entertainment & Celebrities Entertainment & Performing Arts Social Sciences Celebrity Comedy Witty
Show More Show Less
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

Listeners also enjoyed...

 Killing England cover art
I Exaggerate cover art
Irving Berlin cover art
John Farnham cover art
The Kids in the Hall cover art
John Prine cover art
World in My Eyes: The Autobiography cover art
The Hag cover art
Chita cover art
Eternal Troubadour cover art
Please Please Tell Me Now cover art
Forever and Ever, Amen cover art
Total F*cking Godhead cover art
I Was Better Last Night cover art
Furious Cool cover art
Later...with Jools Holland cover art

What listeners say about The Show Won't Go On

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    1
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    1
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    1
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.co.uk reviews

Amazon reviews
Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for Dave

enjoyable and informative

Good book, really informative and puts a dark subject into an interesting and in depth way. its given me a new perspective into the field i work in and the risks people take... and the amount of heart attacks performers have!

Report this

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!