PRE-ORDER THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK Discover the work of
the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it before in
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 'A MAGICAL
LOVE LETTER TO SHAKESPEARE' Sir Kenneth Branagh 'THIS BOOK IS PURE ENCHANTMENT' Daily Mail
GLORIOUSLY ENTERTAINING. READING IT FEELS LIKE A CHAT WITH AN OLD FRIEND' Observer __________
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. While revealing the secrets of her
rehearsal process sharing her personal interpretations of Shakespeare's most famous scenes and
inviting us to share in her triumphs disasters and backstage shenanigans. 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. Illustrated throughout
with original art by Dame Judi Dench. Instructive and witty provocative and inspiring this
is ultimately Judi's love letter to Shakespeare or rather The Man Who Pays The Rent.
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The Man Who Pays the Rent 'This is a gloriously entertaining tour through the canon in the
company of perhaps the most experienced living Shakespearean actor' - Observer 'An utterly
delightful book. An unstoppable stream of anecdotes recollections and asides' - Telegraph
'Companionable and compelling mischievous and convivial - it genuinely feels like you're
sitting at her kitchen table with Judi Dench.' - Guardian
