The pop of a champagne cork would not have been discernible to the audience watching Antony and Cleopatra at the National Theatre one evening in 1987. But for Dame Judi Dench and two other actresses out of view on the set, it signalled the start of a secret lobster and champagne supper while Anthony Hopkins finished his lines, the star reveals in her new book.
Dench’s mischievous sense of humour emerges from the pages of Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays The Rent, which comprises a series of candid conversations with her friend Brendan O’Hea, a fellow Shakespearean actor and director.
