Playing Under the Piano
Autor Hugh Bonnevilleen Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 aug 2023
From getting his big break as Third Shepherd in the school nativity play, to mistaking a Hollywood star for a real estate agent, Hugh Bonneville creates a brilliantly vivid picture of a career on stage and screen. What is it like working with Judi Dench and Julia Roberts, or playing Robert De Niro’s right leg, or not being Gary Oldman, twice? A wickedly funny storyteller, Bonneville also writes with poignancy about his father’s dementia and of his mother, whose life in the secret service emerged only after her death.
Whether telling stories of working with divas, Dames, or a bear with a penchant for marmalade, this account of his life as an actor is richly entertaining.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781635424119
ISBN-10: 1635424119
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 144 x 214 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Other Press (NY)
ISBN-10: 1635424119
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 144 x 214 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Other Press (NY)
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Hugh Bonneville
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'It's a gorgeous book. It made me laugh out loud - and weep buckets' Esther Rantzen
'I don't remember when I last read a book that gave me so many laughs' Christina Patterson, Sunday Times
'Tremendously entertaining' Rachel Cooke, Observer
'A writer of considerable urbanity and wit' Lynn Barber, Daily Telegraph
'You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll love Hugh even more' Woman & Home
Hugh Bonneville is one of Britain's most accomplished actors, familiar to audiences worldwide for his roles in Notting Hill, the Paddington films and Downton Abbey. From getting his big break as Third Shepherd in the school nativity play, to mistaking a Hollywood star for an estate agent, Hugh creates a brilliantly vivid picture of a career on stage and screen. What is it like working with Judi Dench and Julia Roberts, or playing Robert de Niro's right leg, or not being Gary Oldman, twice? A wickedly funny storyteller, Hugh also writes with poignancy about his father's dementia and of his mother, whose life in the secret service only emerged after her death. Whether telling stories of working with divas, Dames or a bear with a penchant for marmalade, this is a richly entertaining account of his life as an actor.
Hugh Bonneville is one of Britain's most accomplished actors, whose credits include Downton Abbey, W1A and the Paddington films.
'It's a gorgeous book. It made me laugh out loud - and weep buckets' Esther Rantzen
'I don't remember when I last read a book that gave me so many laughs' Christina Patterson, Sunday Times
'Tremendously entertaining' Rachel Cooke, Observer
'A writer of considerable urbanity and wit' Lynn Barber, Daily Telegraph
'You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll love Hugh even more' Woman & Home
Hugh Bonneville is one of Britain's most accomplished actors, familiar to audiences worldwide for his roles in Notting Hill, the Paddington films and Downton Abbey. From getting his big break as Third Shepherd in the school nativity play, to mistaking a Hollywood star for an estate agent, Hugh creates a brilliantly vivid picture of a career on stage and screen. What is it like working with Judi Dench and Julia Roberts, or playing Robert de Niro's right leg, or not being Gary Oldman, twice? A wickedly funny storyteller, Hugh also writes with poignancy about his father's dementia and of his mother, whose life in the secret service only emerged after her death. Whether telling stories of working with divas, Dames or a bear with a penchant for marmalade, this is a richly entertaining account of his life as an actor.
Recenzii
It's a gorgeous book. It made me laugh out loud - and weep buckets
A writer of considerable urbanity and wit. Gary Oldman says it is 'beautiful, touching and funny'. I agree.
Comedy gold... I don't remember when I last read a book that gave me so many laughs... A riveting account of what it takes to be an actor
Tremendously entertaining... if collapsing into laughter is what you need at the moment, then Playing Under the Piano could be the book for you... a delicious and endearing mode somewhere between utmost sincerity and utter bafflement
A great read
An enormously entertaining memoir
The tone of Hugh Bonneville's autobiography is very much like the man himself - warm, charming, funny and thoroughly embraceable... There is a refreshing lack of narcissism in a narrative poised between detached observation and amused self-reflection... An enormously entertaining memoir
Really enjoyed this. Wonderfully funny and utterly charming - just like the man himself!
By turns funny, touching, revealing - full of insights, delights and surprises. I couldn't have enjoyed it more
A gorgeous book. Warm, friendly, funny and sometimes surprisingly emotional. Very like Hugh himself
When other books have been forgotten, this one will be remembered. Hugh Bonneville's considerable talent for writing is on display page after page. Beautiful. Touching. And funny.
Charming, joyous and entertaining, just like Hugh.
A collection of stories painting a brilliantly vivid picture of a career on stage and screen
Bonneville is entertaining, with a clear-eyed view of his trade... Reliving it all so far with light and shade, bite and bonhomie, as a memoirist Bonneville passes the audition with flying colours
You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll love Hugh even more
Bonneville tells of his life with appealing modesty... he gives us plenty of backstage gossip
Witty and moving
The Downton star proves himself to be a polished raconteur
A beautifully poised memoir, both insightful and - occasionally - laugh-out-loud funny, with the gift for comic timing he reveals on screen and a sharp eye for detail... warmly engrossing
Bonneville's affable screen presence richly translated onto the page through anecdotes and adventures... there are many howling laughs in this frequently entertaining memoir
Playing Under the Piano made me hoot
Though a funny raconteur, Bonneville also writes poignantly about his father's dementia and of his mother, whose life in the secret service only emerged after her death
Gloriously funny... Between the laugh-out-loud anecdotes are revealing stories of the less glamorous side of an actor's life, as well as poignant family memories
Hugh Bonneville is one of Britain's most accomplished actors, familiar to audiences worldwide for his roles in Notting Hill, the Paddington films and Downton Abbey. What is it like working with Judi Dench and Julia Roberts, or playing Robert de Niro's right leg, or not being Gary Oldman, twice? A wickedly funny storyteller, Hugh also writes with poignancy about his father's dementia and of his mother, whose life in the secret service only emerged after her death. Whether telling stories of working with divas, Dames or a bear with a penchant for marmalade, this is a richly entertaining account of his life as an actor.
'As a memoirist, Bonneville passes the audition with flying colours' Mail on Sunday
'I don't remember when I last read a book that gave me so many laughs... A riveting account of what it takes to be an actor' Christina Patterson, Sunday Times
'A great read' Graham Norton
'A writer of considerable urbanity and wit' Lynn Barber, Daily Telegraph
A writer of considerable urbanity and wit. Gary Oldman says it is 'beautiful, touching and funny'. I agree.
Comedy gold... I don't remember when I last read a book that gave me so many laughs... A riveting account of what it takes to be an actor
Tremendously entertaining... if collapsing into laughter is what you need at the moment, then Playing Under the Piano could be the book for you... a delicious and endearing mode somewhere between utmost sincerity and utter bafflement
A great read
An enormously entertaining memoir
The tone of Hugh Bonneville's autobiography is very much like the man himself - warm, charming, funny and thoroughly embraceable... There is a refreshing lack of narcissism in a narrative poised between detached observation and amused self-reflection... An enormously entertaining memoir
Really enjoyed this. Wonderfully funny and utterly charming - just like the man himself!
By turns funny, touching, revealing - full of insights, delights and surprises. I couldn't have enjoyed it more
A gorgeous book. Warm, friendly, funny and sometimes surprisingly emotional. Very like Hugh himself
When other books have been forgotten, this one will be remembered. Hugh Bonneville's considerable talent for writing is on display page after page. Beautiful. Touching. And funny.
Charming, joyous and entertaining, just like Hugh.
A collection of stories painting a brilliantly vivid picture of a career on stage and screen
Bonneville is entertaining, with a clear-eyed view of his trade... Reliving it all so far with light and shade, bite and bonhomie, as a memoirist Bonneville passes the audition with flying colours
You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll love Hugh even more
Bonneville tells of his life with appealing modesty... he gives us plenty of backstage gossip
Witty and moving
The Downton star proves himself to be a polished raconteur
A beautifully poised memoir, both insightful and - occasionally - laugh-out-loud funny, with the gift for comic timing he reveals on screen and a sharp eye for detail... warmly engrossing
Bonneville's affable screen presence richly translated onto the page through anecdotes and adventures... there are many howling laughs in this frequently entertaining memoir
Playing Under the Piano made me hoot
Though a funny raconteur, Bonneville also writes poignantly about his father's dementia and of his mother, whose life in the secret service only emerged after her death
Gloriously funny... Between the laugh-out-loud anecdotes are revealing stories of the less glamorous side of an actor's life, as well as poignant family memories
Hugh Bonneville is one of Britain's most accomplished actors, familiar to audiences worldwide for his roles in Notting Hill, the Paddington films and Downton Abbey. What is it like working with Judi Dench and Julia Roberts, or playing Robert de Niro's right leg, or not being Gary Oldman, twice? A wickedly funny storyteller, Hugh also writes with poignancy about his father's dementia and of his mother, whose life in the secret service only emerged after her death. Whether telling stories of working with divas, Dames or a bear with a penchant for marmalade, this is a richly entertaining account of his life as an actor.
'As a memoirist, Bonneville passes the audition with flying colours' Mail on Sunday
'I don't remember when I last read a book that gave me so many laughs... A riveting account of what it takes to be an actor' Christina Patterson, Sunday Times
'A great read' Graham Norton
'A writer of considerable urbanity and wit' Lynn Barber, Daily Telegraph