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Michael Pennington is a Great actor, and a great writer about actors and acting. This book has all the wit, wisdom and passion that characterises his performances. Here is a page-turning artistic journey to an undiscovered country on the map, and in the mind. It brings with it all the touchingly complex humanity that the author finds in King Lear itself. It is written with honesty heart and humour by a master of his craft, and I thoroughly recommend it. Kenneth Branagh

Michael Pennington is a Great actor, and a great writer about actors and acting. This book has all the wit, wisdom and passion that characterises his performances. Here is a page-turning artistic journey to an undiscovered country on the map, and in the mind. It brings with it all the touchingly complex humanity that the author finds in King Lear itself. It is written with honesty heart and humour by a master of his craft, and I thoroughly recommend it. * Kenneth Branagh * This great performer has a rare ability to describe the indescribable with such fine insights that his account of exploring both his Lear and his Life could be re-titled The Compleat Actor (though his modesty would balk at it), for that's what he is. I couldn't put it down. -- Janet Suzman Michael Pennington is a great actor, and a great writer about actors and acting. This book has all the wit, wisdom and passion that characterises his performances. Here is a page-turning artistic journey to an undiscovered country on the map, and in the mind. It brings with it all the touchingly complex humanity that the author finds in King Lear itself. It is written with honesty, heart and humour by a master of his craft, and I thoroughly recommend it. -- Kenneth Branagh King Lear has lowered his voice, the better to be heard more clearly. Mr. Pennington punctuates the expected blasts of rage with a quieter, introspective insight that is even more devastating. * New York Times * I've seen a dozen Lears over the years, but none match the clarity, simplicity, and humanity of Pennington's. From him, I learned what the play is about. * The Broad Street Review * Michael Pennington is playing Lear with crystal-clear definition, as if he were born to play the role. The result is close to perfection. * Curtain Up * Michael Pennington will break your heart. That's his job, and he does it magnificently. He plays Lear to perfection, in moments large and small; he is harrowing to watch. * Brooklyn Daily Eagle * Pennington seems to grow to twice his height at times. But what's really striking is his uncanny depth of connection with his fellow actors in quieter scenes. * New York Daily News *

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One of the world’s major Shakespearian actors, Michael Pennington has played Hamlet, Timon of Athens, Berowne, Angelo, Richard II, Coriolanus, Macbeth, Henry V and Leontes in The Winter’s Tale. In 2004 he gave the British Academy Shakespeare Lecture, the first practitioner to do so since 1925. He played Oedipus on BBC TV, Jude the Obscure on radio and Michael Foot in The Iron Lady. He is the author of several books on Shakespeare, including Sweet William – Twenty Thousand Hours with Shakespeare, and of Are You There, Crocodile – Inventing Anton Chekhov. He continues to tour his solo shows, Sweet William and Anton Chekhov, throughout the world.

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