Shakespeare; The Man Who Pays the Rent

Dench, Judi, with Brendan O'Hea

ISBN 10: 024163217X / ISBN 13: 9780241632178

Published by Penguin Books, London, 2023

About this Item

376pp. 8vo. Paper over boards, stamped spine. Book is an 8th printing. Book is unread, unmarked, unclipped, tight, bright, and jacket has an archival protector. The label over the ISBN number has been removed. Illustrated color endpapers. Slight bump to upper front corner, and a very slight push to spine head. There is a hint of sticker shadow on jacket verso.

Seller Inventory # 0004085

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shakespeare; The Man Who Pays the Rent
• Publisher: Penguin Books, London
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 024163217X
• ISBN 13: 9780241632178
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Judi Dench
• Edition: 8th printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: near fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Memoir

About this title

Synopsis

Discover the work of the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it before by ordering internationally renowned actor Dame Judi Dench's SHAKESPEARE: The Man Who Pays The Rent—a witty, insightful journey through the plays and tales of our beloved Shakespeare.

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.