{"title":"Series: Eileen Atkins","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"will-she-do-by-eileen-atkins-9780349014678","title":"Will She Do?","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'She is the cur's cods, the terrier's testicles, the business. I will go farther and declare that Atkins is the \u003cstrong\u003efinest actor\u003c\/strong\u003e appearing in the \u003cstrong\u003eworld\u003c\/strong\u003e right now.' - \u003cstrong\u003eA. A. Gill\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWill She Do?\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of a girl from a council estate in Tottenham, born in 1934 to an electric-meter reader and a seamstress, who was determined to be an actress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCandid and witty, this memoir takes her from her awkward performances in working-men's clubs at six years of age as dancing 'Baby Eileen', through the war years in London, to her breakthrough at thirty-two on Broadway with \u003cem\u003eThe Killing of Sister George\u003c\/em\u003e, for which she received the first of four Tony Award nominations. She co-created \u003cem\u003eUpstairs, Downstairs\u003c\/em\u003e and wrote the screenplay for \u003cem\u003eMrs Dalloway\u003c\/em\u003e (for which she won an \u003cem\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/em\u003e Award) and at aged eighty-six, this is her first autobiographical work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCharacterised by an eye for the absurd, a terrific knack for storytelling, and an insistence on honesty, \u003cem\u003eWill She Do?\u003c\/em\u003e is a wonderful raconteur's tale about family, about class, about youthful ambition and big dreams, and what really goes on behind the scenes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMade a Dame in 1991, Eileen Atkins has been on American and British stage and screen since 1957 and has won an Emmy, a BAFTA, and is a three-time Olivier Award winner. Her theatre performances include \u003cem\u003eThe Height of the Storm, Ellen Terry, All that Fall\u003c\/em\u003e, and she has appeared in television and films ranging from \u003cem\u003eDoc Martin\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eCranford\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eThe Crown\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46847327535340,"sku":"9780349014678","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/6600303482312.jpg?v=1758936381"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/series-eileen-atkins.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}