{"id":812294,"date":"2026-10-24T09:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T09:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/812294\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T09:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T09:42:08","slug":"i-cant-do-a-play-a-film-or-read-any-more-says-dame-judi-dench-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/812294\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;I can&#039;t do a play, a film or read any more&#039;, says Dame Judi Dench &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiW0FVX3lxTE43d05qTnItSEgzaWFiOVl6dXVwSVdlLVNFUldoZzJyRE9PdlV5Q1NmUmEtYzdKbENVRVpud1o3THRmemFpRXlxcVR4WlhBb2k3N0NjcmNaTFNzU2M?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;I can&#8217;t do a play, a film or read any more&#8217;, says Dame Judi Dench<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxQOWNCUm5VWks1RmNCT3EtVndUX0ktdUtzY1RjV1RxQTBaSzFOcDE4aHNmOFZhSjNIRUxNMXRNWURaM29zcUJmOElQN1BlanduUDhRakM1cExka3JJSVdEd0RrVEdoeW1lb2FHYVpDUDNIY1hZUWh3eHpSRmhhSmtoN2xJeFZFN0U4bnVjQ2ZNWGhXZGJTc2I0MnR3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">It\u2019s not easy being a theatrical dame in your 80s, but someone has to do it<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxORWxORXVRUGp1ZVRNdERGbXNaTU9fRGxkN25PcVpMbE1xRG03ejhhdkx5ZzR5TnF2Z2piR3pWSll0TFVHRUkzc1R0dFVhZDB2Ry1rRDhFa1UtMGRrNlh0bzBsN0JYd0s0WndEOTlVcVpXZkdfU2M3R05iWU5VSU5RcVp6X2VUSi1NNHRJRE1PN3dtbkZWbUtKTUNjZWMtRWZpOVZYTkE3U1NaZXl3R0VtZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dame Judi Dench reveals she &#8216;can&#8217;t act anymore&#8217; as eye condition worsens<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ABC News &amp; Headlines \u2013 Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxQbkNrWEZTdGNRMEVCOEdIbXBpYjRWd25KUFpTYTUzd1pWZUQ5YzhVTzIyRXgzbFZfR1Z0UDR0ZlJGd01vcWFmblVXZXNOZmpKdS1sblB0Rk5EcnRONUhvS05melJEV19EeVh6TjBFdVBTWG9ILWtJV1gxejFSWjI1cERUbjFvbTFwTmtmS21sWUVOem40WHh2MnJyLW1PV0t6SlFOZTVFblEzRi1LdDN5dA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Judi Dench says sight loss means she can no longer perform but she is still \u2018besotted by\u2019 Shakespeare\u2019s sonnets<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxQOWF5N24tOFJ3Zk8yNXpCVllGZm9PWmZvS2FNekF2UGFFc2p1eWlHUUpLVVlxTkJaaFh4ZEFqTHpaWlFSMXFaVEIyMzQ4bmdSVFc5YmdDdnF4X01leGxob0Z5WVkyS2pXc1NiT05QeGFWbDdqckYtSWRHTXJlSnZJdjY1MkpCdkh0Ulprd2l2SjFBMTJ4YW5XcWdaaVgwZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Common eye condition affecting Judi Dench that can make faces hard to recognise<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Bolton News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;I can&#8217;t do a play, a film or read any more&#8217;, says Dame Judi Dench&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCIt\u2019s not easy being&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":812295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-812294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=812294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}