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Tony Furlong made his debut as a professional playwright at the Liverpool Playhouse Studio in 1995 with a short and powerful dual monologue depicting the struggles of a British army gulf war veteran who was the victim of a 'friendly fire' incident and suffered post traumatic stress disorder as a result of it.
The piece was entitled ' Friendly Fire ' and was later made into a ten minute short film.
As part of the successful comedy writing duo ' Furlong & Power ' Tony co-wrote the smash hit comedy ' Night Collar ' which portrayed the comic demise of a black Hackney cab driver one Christmas eve night in Liverpool.
The play went on to break box office records at Liverpool's Everyman theatre,
where it made history by selling more tickets in one day than any other show in the theatre's thirty year history.
It subsequently went on to play to packed houses, sell out shows and rave reviews.
It has continued to play to packed houses at virtually every major theatrical venue in Liverpool.
Tony has now embarked on a new solo career as an e-book author and has just published his first book on Amazon, which is entitled 'How To Increase Your Self-Esteem And Avoid Becoming A Circus Elephant' being the first in a series of six ' How To...' books.
Reviewed by Lit Amri for Readers' Favorite
These words greeted me in the introduction, “As you are now reading this introduction, I think it is reasonable for me to deduce that you feel or know that you have a low self-esteem and would like to increase it.” Well, no. My self-esteem is not desperately low to the point that it makes me miserable but I’m interested to put it up a notch. Tony Furlong uses circus elephants as the core paradigm, how human trainers are able to control these powerful beasts. They condition these elephants since young, and make the animals accept the rules that the humans impose on them as the only way they should live.
He puts emphasis on two words; believes and belief,“...how absolutely vital it is for you to recognise the relevance and importance of this element of the human psyche and what a massive part it is playing now at this moment and forever will play in your life.” Using examples such as Columbus, the Wright brothers, and even quoting Frank Zappa, Furlong explains the difference between what people believe in how things should be and what you believe you can do. There is even a technique for readers to try to stop the negative internal voice from dominating the mind. Self-esteem isn't everything. According to Furlong, it is the language of psychology, it's subjective. It is emotionally based.
Tony Furlong’s How To Increase Your Self-Esteem And Avoid Becoming A Circus Elephant is only 29 pages. This is the shortest self-help book that I have ever read, therefore I try not to give everything away. On the whole, this short book is solid and unique.
