Shakespeare : the man who pays the rent / Judi Dench with Brendan O'Hea ; illustrations by Judi Dench.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dench, Judi, 1934- author, illustrator.

O'Hea, Brendan (Actor), author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dench, Judi, 1934---Performances.

Dench, Judi.

Dench, Judi, 1934---Interviews.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Dramatic production.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespearean actors and actresses--Great Britain--Biography.

Shakespearean actors and actresses.

Genre:

Informational works.

Biography.

Illustrated works.

Autobiographies.

Anecdotes.

autobiographies (literary works)

Biographies.

Physical Description:

ix, 373 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Other Title:

Man who pays the rent

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2024.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Macbeth

Stratford-upon-Avon

A midsummer night's dream

Play

Twelfth night

The merchant of Venice

Company

Hamlet

Coriolanus

Fireside ramblings

As you like it

Measure for measure

Rose Theatre

Much ado about nothing

King Lear

Failure

The comedy of errors

Rehearsal

Richard II

Antony and Cleopatra

Cymbeline

Critics

All's well that ends well

Shakespeare's language

Henry V

The merry wives of Windsor

Audience

Richard III

Changing times

The winter's tale

Future of Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet

Advice.

Notes:

Originally published in the United Kingdom by Penguin Random House.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Sargent fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781250325778

1250325773

OCLC:

1375540049