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Non-Fiction, Screen & Performing Arts, Theatre, Shakespeare

Year of the King

Antony Sher (author)

Paperback Published on: 09/09/2004

£14.99

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Year of the King

In this vivid and exceptionable book, Sir Antony Sher recounts one of the most creatively successful years of his illustrious career. Illustrated throughou... READ MORE

Ben Keenan at Bury St Edmunds Buttermarket

First rate theatrical memoir.

This is an extraordinary book. As well as being one of our greatest classical actors Antony Sher is an excellent painter & writer, & this is one of the v... READ MORE

Paul S. at Lancaster

Synopsis

A classic of theatre writing, a unique insight into the creation of a landmark Shakespearian performance.

Antony Sher's stunning performance for the Royal Shakespeare Company as Richard III on crutches – the so-called 'bottled spider' – won him both the Laurence Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for Best Actor. This book records – in the actor's own words and drawings – the making of this historic theatrical event.

This edition of Year of the King is published on the twentieth anniversary of the RSC's 1984 production. It includes a new introduction in which Sher looks back at what has happened to him and to the world in the intervening years.