{"product_id":"will-she-do-eileen-atkins-9780349014678","title":"Will She Do?: Act One of a Life on Stage","description":"\u003cp\u003e'She is the cur's cods, the terrier's testicles, the business. I will go farther and declare that Atkins is the \u003cb\u003efinest actor\u003c\/b\u003e appearing in the \u003cb\u003eworld \u003c\/b\u003eright now' - \u003cb\u003eA. A. Gill\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWill She Do? \u003c\/i\u003eis 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003ci\u003eThe Killing of Sister George\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she received the first of four Tony Award nominations. She co-created \u003ci\u003eUpstairs, Downstairs\u003c\/i\u003e and wrote the screenplay for \u003ci\u003eMrs Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e (for which she won an \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard \u003c\/i\u003eAward) and at aged eighty-six, this is her first autobiographical work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharacterised by an eye for the absurd, a terrific knack for storytelling and an insistence on honesty, \u003ci\u003eWill She Do?\u003c\/i\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003ci\u003eThe Height of the Storm, Ellen Terry, All that Fall\u003c\/i\u003e and she has appeared in television and films ranging from \u003ci\u003eDoc Martin\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eCranford \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eThe Crown.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eileen Atkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0349014671\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780349014678\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Virago Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.71h x 4.96w x 0.80d","brand":"Eileen Atkins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46311349682431,"sku":"9780349014678","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a8791059-5c48-4f25-8718-e61ad7a96f09.jpg?v=1730889335","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/will-she-do-eileen-atkins-9780349014678","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}