Theatrical memoirs have been in fashion in the last few years. These ones come top of the class, which won't surprise the many admirers of the mordant wit of Niall Toibin. With a wealth of anecdote he takes us from his Cork childhood, first forays on the stage and on to Dublin by the classic Corkonian route of the Civil Service. Before too long he was in the old Radio Eireann rep at the time when all Ireland listened to the live Sunday night play on radio. Other memorable excursions have taken him to Dingle, for that indifferent film Ryan's Daughter, and on a couple of occasions to Broadway, including a visit with the Tony Award-winning Borstal Boy, in which he first gave his celebrated Brendan Behan impersonation. Toibin seems to have known everyone worth knowing during his career and to have a frequently very funny story about each of them. One's only regret about him is that we see too little of him in plays these days.