Judi Dench and Michael Williams: With Great Pleasure by Judi Dench

Judi Dench and Michael Williams: With Great Pleasure by Judi Dench

This title features two archive BBC Radio programmes in which Judi Dench and Michael Williams, accompanied by friends John Moffatt and Alec McCowen, read a cornucopia of poetry and prose. In this enchanting pair of programmes from 1991 and 1996, Dame Judi Dench and husband Michael Williams shared an eclectic selection of pieces that they loved, admired or simply found entertaining. "With Great Pleasure" saw Judi Dench and Michael Williams joined by fellow actor Alec McCowen to read some of the literature that shaped their lives. Among the poems included are Sylvia Plath's "Morning Song", "Fern Hill" by Dylan Thomas and Charlotte Mitchell's "Just in Case", and there are extracts from Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra", Alan Bennett's "The Lady in the Van" and Alec McCowen's "Young Gemini". "Fond and Familiar" was a true variety show featuring Dench, Williams and acclaimed actor John Moffatt. Together they performed verses, ballads, limericks, stories, nursery rhymes and epitaphs ranging from the comic to the deeply moving. Featuring old favourites such as "The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God", "Mandalay" and "Billy's Rose" as well as less well-known gems that are nonetheless remembered with affection, this collection of 'party pieces' will surprise, inspire and delight.

June Andrews is the Director of the Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) in the School of Applied Social Science at the University of Stirling, England. Her co-written book, 10 Helpful Hints for Carers, on helping care for those with dementia, has sold 30,000 copies.

Dame Judi Dench is an English actress and author. Her role as Iris Murdoch in the film Iris (2001) won critical acclaim for her moving portrayal of the writer's journey into dementia. Dame Judi is a patron of the Alzheimer's Society and an ambassador for those who help people with Alzheimer's and Dementia.

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EAN	9781408467121
Title	Judi Dench and Michael Williams: With Great Pleasure
Format	Abridged Audiobook
Studio	BBC Physical Audio
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Narrator	Judi Dench
Narrator	Professor of Philosophy Michael Williams