"A magical love letter to Shakespeare" - Kenneth Branagh "A literary demonstration of how the iconic actor has lost none of her energy, flair, and fiery intelligence. Dench''s memoir of the roles she has loved is a witty, thoroughly entertaining romp through the Shakespearean world." - Kirkus (starred review) ".it''s a mark of Dench''s impish genius and O''Hea''s deftness that it genuinely feels like you''re sitting at her kitchen table with her. It''s companionable and compelling - if you love Judi Dench or Shakespeare (and most of us do), look no further." - The Guardian ".swirls and dances with brilliance and mischief.Judi knows Shakespeare from the inside - she''s who Shakespeare had in mind when he took up his quill.

The wisdom here is breath-taking.The book is pure enchantment." - The Daily Mail ( Book of the Week ) "An utterly delightful book.there can be few higher pleasures in civilised life than hearing Judi Dench recite the poetry of Shakespeare.What emerges is a wealth of unpretentious horse sense - Shakespeare from a great actor''s perspective - that repeatedly strikes to the heart of the matter with a sharp instinctive intelligence that puts fancy-pants literary critics to shame." - The Telegraph "This is a perceptive read, suffused with Dench''s trademark twinkly-eyed humour.Her lifelong love of these plays, their humanity and universality, is unmistakable, but this is a refreshingly honest, unacademic take.Dench''s scene-by-scene analysis of many works is sharp and her memory for seemingly inconsequential fragments of line-reading or costume, laser-like.

" - iNews hakespeare.What emerges is a wealth of unpretentious horse sense - Shakespeare from a great actor''s perspective - that repeatedly strikes to the heart of the matter with a sharp instinctive intelligence that puts fancy-pants literary critics to shame." - The Telegraph "This is a perceptive read, suffused with Dench''s trademark twinkly-eyed humour.Her lifelong love of these plays, their humanity and universality, is unmistakable, but this is a refreshingly honest, unacademic take.Dench''s scene-by-scene analysis of many works is sharp and her memory for seemingly inconsequential fragments of line-reading or costume, laser-like." - iNewshakespeare.What emerges is a wealth of unpretentious horse sense - Shakespeare from a great actor''s perspective - that repeatedly strikes to the heart of the matter with a sharp instinctive intelligence that puts fancy-pants literary critics to shame." - The Telegraph "This is a perceptive read, suffused with Dench''s trademark twinkly-eyed humour.

Her lifelong love of these plays, their humanity and universality, is unmistakable, but this is a refreshingly honest, unacademic take.Dench''s scene-by-scene analysis of many works is sharp and her memory for seemingly inconsequential fragments of line-reading or costume, laser-like." - iNewshakespeare.What emerges is a wealth of unpretentious horse sense - Shakespeare from a great actor''s perspective - that repeatedly strikes to the heart of the matter with a sharp instinctive intelligence that puts fancy-pants literary critics to shame." - The Telegraph "This is a perceptive read, suffused with Dench''s trademark twinkly-eyed humour.Her lifelong love of these plays, their humanity and universality, is unmistakable, but this is a refreshingly honest, unacademic take.Dench''s scene-by-scene analysis of many works is sharp and her memory for seemingly inconsequential fragments of line-reading or costume, laser-like." - iNewshumour.

Her lifelong love of these plays, their humanity and universality, is unmistakable, but this is a refreshingly honest, unacademic take.Dench''s scene-by-scene analysis of many works is sharp and her memory for seemingly inconsequential fragments of line-reading or costume, laser-like." - iNews.