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St. Martin's Press
February 2012
On Sale: January 31, 2012
288 pages
ISBN: 1250002141
EAN: 9781250002143
Kindle: B004FPYWOG
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Non-Fiction Biography
“I can hardly believe that it is more than half a century
since I first stepped on to the stage of the Old Vic Theatre
and into a way of life that has brought me the most
rewarding professional relationships and friendships. I
cannot imagine now ever doing anything else with my life
except acting…” – Judi DenchFrom London's glittering West
End to Broadway's bright lights, from her Academy
Award-winning role as Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love to
“M” in the James Bond films, Judi Dench has treated
audiences to some of the greatest performances of our time.
She made her professional acting debut in 1957 with
England's Old Vic theatre company playing Ophelia in Hamlet
, Katherine in Henry V (her New York debut), and then,
Juliet. In 1961, she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company
playing Anya in The Cherry Orchard with John Gielgud and
Peggy Ashcroft. In 1968, she went beyond the classical stage
to become a sensation as Sally Bowles in Cabaret, adding
musical comedy to her repertoire. Over the years, Dench has
given indelible performances in the classics as well as some
of the greatest plays and musicals of the twentieth century
including Noël Coward's Hay Fever, Stephen Sondheim's A
Little Night Music, Kaufman and Hart's The Royal Family and
David Hare's Amy's View (for which she won the Tony Award).
Recently, she made a triumphant return to A Midsummer
Night's Dream as Titania, a role she first played in 1962,
now played as a theatre-besotted Queen Elizabeth I. Her
film career has been filled with piercing performances of
unforgettable women: Queen Victoria in Mrs. Brown, the
terrifying schoolteacher Barbara Covett in Notes on a
Scandal and the writer Iris Murdoch in Iris. And, for the
BBC, Dench created another unforgettable woman when she
brought her great comic timing and deeply felt emotions to
the role of Jean Pargetter in the long-running hit BBC
series As Time Goes By.And Furthermore is, however, more
than the story of a great actress's career. It is also the
story of Judi Dench's life: her early days as a child in a
family that was in love with the theatre; her marriage to
actor Michael Williams; the joy she takes in her daughter,
the actress Finty Williams, and her grandson, Sammy. Filled
with Dench's impish sense of humor, diamond-sharp
intelligence and photos from her personal archives, And
Furthermore is the book every fan of the great Judi Dench
will cherish.
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