Brown Bag Book Discussion

Annetta Petty will lead a discussion of Judi Dench's book Shakespeare The Man Who Pays the Rent. Participants are encouraged (but not required) to read the book in advance. Ask for a copy at the library’s information desk.

From Booklist:

Over the span of her seven-decade career, Dame Judi Dench has acted in 20 of Shakespeare’s plays. She made her theater debut as Ophelia in Hamlet, and since then has played all manner of heroines, queens, and even Time itself. In these transcribed interviews between Dench and her longtime friend and colleague O’Hea— initially intended as an audio project for the Globe Theater's archives—it quickly becomes clear how deep Dench's knowledge runs. Her phenomenal memory is key as she breaks the plays down scene by scene, offering sharp character analyses as well as vivid portrayals of old productions. Readers are invited to the communal world of theater and made to understand the logistics, creativity, and even failures required to bring art to life.