{"product_id":"antony-sher-year-of-the-king-an-actor-s-diary-9780701129262","title":"Year of the King: An Actor's Diary","description":"From the moment it was first suggested that I might play Richard III for the Royal Shakespeare Company, an obsession started to grow — like being in love, there is this other person filling your waking thoughts and some of your dreams. So the book follows events in a year in the life of us two, Richard III and myself, from the first suggestion to the opening night. During that time I perform in three plays at the Barbican theatre, and televise two of them; I return to South Africa, the place of my birth, where a mountain called Lion's Head feeds the obsession; I visit homes for the disabled; I talk to a psychotherapist about psychopaths; Dennis Nilsen is on trial for mass murder; there is food for thought from Ronnie Kray, the Yorkshire Ripper, Adolph Hitler, fighting bulls in Spain and the shark from Jaws; I go for hump fittings; I go to the top film monster-maker where plaster casts are taken of my torso while upstairs a man turns into a werewolf; and then of course there are rehearsals.  \u003cp\u003e Antony Sher's award-winning performance as Richard III has been received ecstatically by critics and audiences alike. Year of the King records the making of this historic theatrical event; with illustrations by the author, it is also the fascinating personal account of an actor's life and the world of the stage.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chatto \u0026 Windus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53729931919702,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9780701129262_1.jpg?v=1781777744","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/antony-sher-year-of-the-king-an-actor-s-diary-9780701129262","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}