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From ‘little Cockney’ to playing Queen Mary: the remarkable career of Eileen Atkins

16 October 2021

9:00 AM

16 October 2021

9:00 AM

Will She Do? Act One of a Life on Stage Eileen Atkins

Virago, pp.320, 18.99

Eileen Atkins belongs to a singular generation of British actresses, among them Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Sian Phillips and Vanessa Redgrave, who not only continue to perform on stage and screen in their late eighties but all of whom, apart from Smith, have written their memoirs.

Atkins already has a proven literary track record.

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