Year of the King: An Actor’s Diary and Sketchbook – Twentieth Anniversary Edition

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(Limelight). In 1984 Antony Sher, hailed as “essentially the most exciting actor of his generation” by the Observer , made his debut on homemade crutches as the infamous Richard III within the Royal Shakespeare Company production of the play. He would go on to win the Laurence Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for absolute best actor. In his own words and sketches, he chronicles his personal and professional journey to this award-winning performance, from the moment he used to be offered the role to opening night, within the critically acclaimed book Year of the King , now to be had on this special 20th anniversary edition. From his brainstorm to make use of crutches to bring the king’s deformity to life, to his research for the role, which included watching interviews with psychopaths, reading about mass murderers, and speaking with doctors and physically challenged individuals, to his seek advice from to his place of origin of South Africa, to his experiences in working with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the reader is given a front-row seat to Sher’s physical and mental preparation or quite transformation for his landmark performance as “the bottled spider.”

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