Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
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Discover the work of the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it before by preordering Judi Dench's Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent - one legendary actress' inspiring, moving and brilliant journey through the plays of William Shakespeare.
Taking a curtain call with a live snake in her wig...
Book Details
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press
- Publish Date: Apr 23rd, 2024
- Pages: 400
- Language: English
- Dimensions: 9.45in - 6.45in - 1.39in - 1.28lb
- EAN: 9781250325778
- Categories: • Entertainment & Performing Arts• Women
About the Author
Dench, Judi: - Dame Judi Dench, one of the foremost actors of our day, has won the Oscar, the Tony and the Olivier award. She is the author of the book And Furthermore.
Praise for this book
"A magical love letter to Shakespeare" - Kenneth Branagh
"...it's a mark of Dench's impish genius and O'Hea's deftness that it genuinely feels like you're sitting at her kitchen table with her. It's companionable and compelling - if you love Judi Dench or Shakespeare (and most of us do), look no further." - The Guardian "...swirls and dances with brilliance and mischief...Judi knows Shakespeare from the inside - she's who Shakespeare had in mind when he took up his quill. The wisdom here is breath-taking...The book is pure enchantment." - The Daily Mail (Book of the Week) "An utterly delightful book...there can be few higher pleasures in civilised life than hearing Judi Dench recite the poetry of Shakespeare...What emerges is a wealth of unpretentious horse sense - Shakespeare from a great actor's perspective - that repeatedly strikes to the heart of the matter with a sharp instinctive intelligence that puts fancy-pants literary critics to shame." - The Telegraph "This is a perceptive read, suffused with Dench's trademark twinkly-eyed humour...Her lifelong love of these plays, their humanity and universality, is unmistakable, but this is a refreshingly honest, unacademic take...Dench's scene-by-scene analysis of many works is sharp and her memory for seemingly inconsequential fragments of line-reading or costume, laser-like.." - iNews