Shakespeare

By Judi Dench, Brendan O'Hea,

Book cover of Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

Book 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…


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1 author picked Shakespeare as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I was a devotee of Judi Dench long before she was a Dame (There is nothing like a dame . . . ), and a devotee of Willy Wagstaff (aka Shakespeare--what a shame that he was never knighted) long before that, so this was a match made in heaven. She somehow manages to recall (albeit with the help of an interviewer) every role she played in every Shakespeare production, in very minute and often very bawdy detail. By the end of the book, you feel as if you know her, and as if you'd like to share an ale or…

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