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Nick Hern Books
Year of the King
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Paperback, 256 pages ISBN: 9781854597533Publication Date:
9 Sep 2004Size: 215mm x 138mm£14.99 £11.99You save £3.00 (20%)
Ebook, 256 pages ISBN: 9781780010786Publication Date:
27 Oct 2014£14.99 £11.99You save £3.00 (20%)
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Year of the King

By Antony Sher

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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.

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'One of the finest books I have ever read on the process of acting'

Time Out

'A most wonderfully authentic account of the experience of creating a performance'

The Sunday Times

'A brilliant, compulsive account'

Guardian
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Paperback,256 pages ISBN: 9781854597533Publication Date:
9 Sep 2004Size: 215mm x 138mm£14.99 £11.99You save £3.00 (20%)
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Ebook,256 pages ISBN: 9781780010786Publication Date:
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Also by Antony Sher:

Beside Myself
Year of the Mad King: The Lear Diaries
I.D.
Year of the Fat Knight
Primo Time
The Giant
Year of the Fat Knight

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