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Radio 4,6 mins

Judi Dench

Woman's Hour

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Critically acclaimed actress Judi Dench talks (in 1967) about her theatre career, playing leading ladies and taking Shakespeare to Africa. She reflects on achieving her success at a relatively young age and coping with the critics after playing the role of Ophelia in an RSC production of Hamlet.

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