Philip Fletcher Simon Shaw's actor murderer

Philip Fletcher is an actor around 40 who has never made it big.  He has managed to stay in work and make a living but he sees other actors, less talented than himself, being more successful, getting the big parts and making money.  He’s not bitter, but he’s cranky about this. He’s particularly annoyed that Gordon Wilde, a gay actor whom he considers much less talented is always getting better parts than him.  One evening, he decides to ask a favour of his nemesis, and it all goes wrong.  He kills Gordon, almost accidentally.  And he gets away with it. And his career prospects begin to improve as If by magic.  He has a new girlfriend; he stars in a successful TV series. and he has developed a taste for using crime to get what he wants….its a very funny book with a light hearted picture of the British theater, and Philip’s use of his acting skills, for nefarious purposes..