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Judi Dench talks Shakespearean travel
Judi Dench has tackled astir each female domiciled successful William Shakespeare's plays, from Juliet to Cleopatra, successful her illustrious seven-decade career. Together pinch Brendan O'Hea, a friend and chap actor, Dench explores her relationship pinch Shakespeare successful their collaborative book, "Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays nan Rent."
The title is simply a motion to really Dench and her precocious hubby humorously referred to Shakespeare.
During nan pandemic, while secluded astatine her location extracurricular London, Dench received a telephone from O'Hea that group nan shape for their book. O'Hea, an character and director, projected they talk Dench's extended history pinch Shakespearean roles.
"We conscionable benignant of rescued each different and we rescued each different done Shakespeare," said O'Hea.
The conversations, which totaled astir 120 hours and included plentifulness of playful bickering, revisited Dench's illustrious shape career, including her debut arsenic Ophelia successful "Hamlet" astatine nan Old Vic erstwhile she was conscionable 22.
She followed that pinch a domiciled successful Henry V. She recounted really her co-star, Laurence Harvey, thought she would beryllium taller, starring to immoderate onstage challenges.
"I kept trying to pull his attention," Dench said arsenic she stretched her neck. "It ne'er worked."
Some of her now legendary Shakespearean performances person been preserved connected film, though she admits to seldom watching them owed to her captious eye.
Dench's task into movie wasn't straightforward. Despite a head erstwhile telling her she didn't person nan look for film, she later achieved world fame arsenic M successful nan James Bond bid starting successful 1995, transforming her into a world icon. Her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth successful "Shakespeare successful Love" earned her an Oscar.
As she approaches her 90th day successful December, Dench continues to cherish each moment, evident successful her determination to get her first tattoo connected her 81st birthday. It sounds "carpe diem," which is Latin for "seize nan day" — or, arsenic Dench prefers, "savor nan day."
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Anthony Mason
Anthony Mason is elder civilization and elder nationalist analogous for CBS News. He has been a predominant contributor to "CBS Sunday Morning," and is nan erstwhile co-host for "CBS This Morning: Saturday" and "CBS This Morning."
