And Furthermore

by Dench, Judi

• ISBN13: 9781250002143
• ISBN10: 1250002141
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-01-31
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Summary

From the Old Vic to Broadway, from her Academy Award-winning role in Shakespeare in Love to the role of "M" in the James Bond films and the BBC's As Time Goes By, Judi Dench has bonded with fans of all ages. She made her professional acting debut, in 1957, with the Old Vic theatre company playing Ophelia in Hamlet. In 1968, she became a sensation as Sally Bowles in Cabaret, adding musical comedy to her repertoire. Over the years, Dench has given indelible performances in NoIl Coward's Hay Fever, Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music and,David Hare's Amy's View (for which she won a Tony). For the first time, in And Furthermore, Dench writes about her life on and off the stage, bringing it all alive with her impish sense of humor. For the paperback edition, Dench has added a foreword in response to questions she regularly receives from aspiring young actors called "Ten Things Every Young Actor Should Know", making this a book that fans -as well as future Denches, Oliviers and Redgraves-will cherish.

Author Biography

DAME JUDI DENCH is one of the foremost stage, screen, and television actors of our time.  Honored with every award given for performances on stage and screen, she was also awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1970, created a Dame of the British Empire in 1988 and a Companion of Honour in 2005.

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"...Ms. Dench's sense of humor is on full display...readers will walk away with a keen sense of her philosophy on life: take your art seriously, but never yourself."--The New York Times

 

"In this warmhearted memoir, actress Dench brings such a fresh and natural reaction as she describes her roles...With candor and wit, Dench interweaves her stage presences with her love of playing pranks on fellow actors, on the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and on Broadway."--Publishers Weekly

“There ain’t nothing like this Dame!...much of her crisp intelligence is there on the page alongside her puckish sense of humor and her evident goodness…What a gal.”--The Daily Mail (UK)

“Dame Judi Dench's memoir is highly amusing… You are left in no doubt that Dame Judi loves to have fun, that laughter is her oxygen."--The Guardian (UK)