Binding: Hardcover
Description: Instant NEW YORK Times Bestseller Taking a curtain call with a live snake in her wig. Cavorting naked through the Warwickshire countryside painted green. Acting opposite a child with a pumpkin on his head. These are just a few of the things Dame Judi Dench has done in the name of Shakespeare. For the very first time Judi opens up about every Shakespearean role she has played throughout her seven - decade career from Lady Macbeth and Titania to Ophelia and Cleopatra. In a series of intimate conversations with actor & director Brendan O Hea she guides us through Shakespeare's plays with incisive clarity revealing the secrets of her rehearsal process and inviting us to share in her triumphs disasters and backstage shenanigans. Interspersed with vignettes on audiences critics company spirit and rehearsal room etiquette she serves up priceless revelations on everything from the craft of speaking in verse to her personal interpretations of some of Shakespeare's most famous scenes all brightened by her mischievous sense of humour striking level of honesty and a peppering of hilarious anecdotes many of which have remained under lock and key until now. Instructive and witty provocative and inspiring this is ultimately Judi's love letter to Shakespeare or rather The Man Who Pays The Rent.
Title: Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays The Rent
Author(s): O'hea Brendan
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Barcode: 9781250325778
Pages: 400 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 4/23/2024
Category: Autobiography: Arts & Entertainment