![]() amid lethal props." and goes on: "The Coarse Actor's aim is to upstage the rest of the cast. Green describes a coarse actor as "one who can remember his lines, but not the order in which they come. Green was commissioned to write The Art of Coarse Rugby by Hutchinson, to go with a republication of The Art of Coarse Cricket by Spike Hughes, who had intended the title as a play on Coarse Fishing. The Art of Coarse Rugby, which became a best-seller in 1960, and The Art of Coarse Acting were both products of his Midlands days, when he was involved with amateur rugby and dramatics. Later he was a sports writer on The Observer and a contributor to the Sunday Times, among others. ![]() He later joined the Northampton Chronicle and Echo, where he worked on both the sporting and theatrical fronts, then the Birmingham Gazette as a sub-editor. Green began his career as a junior journalist on the Leicester Mercury. ![]() He is best known for The Art of Coarse Rugby, The Art of Coarse Acting and other books with similar titles. Michael Green (born 2 January 1927 in Leicester, England, died 25 February 2018 ) was a British journalist and author of humorous books. ![]() For other people with this name, see Michael Green (disambiguation). ![]()
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