I’m disappointed this director didn’t plunge the knife into Dustin Hoffman

I Joke Too Much: The Theatre Director’s Tale Michael Rudman

Capercaille Books, pp.272, £12.99, ISBN: 9781909305823

At the age of 75, the theatre director Michael Rudman has got around to his memoirs, their title taken from the mouth of Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, the play in which Rudman once directed Dustin Hoffman to great acclaim. The author is also Felicity Kendal’s other half, making him a figure of envy for much of male Middle England.

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TaggedBroadway, Chichester, Dustin Hoffman, Felicity Kendall, NT, Theatre

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I’m disappointed this director didn’t plunge the knife into Dustin Hoffman

A review of ‘I Joke Too Much: The Theatre Director’s Tale’, by Michael Rudman. Despite the dearth of score-settling, there’s a good laugh on almost every page

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