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In their voicesteps

The unmistakable Miriam Margolyes
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January–February 2022, no. 439

This Much Is True by Miriam Margolyes

John Murray Press, $49.99 hb, 447 pp

In their voicesteps

The unmistakable Miriam Margolyes
by
January–February 2022, no. 439
Miriam Margolyes as Nell in Endgame by Samuel Beckett at the Duchess Theatre, London, in 2009 (Donald Cooper/Alamy)
Miriam Margolyes as Nell in Endgame by Samuel Beckett at the Duchess Theatre, London, in 2009 (Donald Cooper/Alamy)

The title of Miriam Margolyes’s memoir, This Much Is True, strikes a declamatory note, well suited to the octogenarian actor whose greatest asset is her voice, with its diverse accents, timbres, and moods. It also proclaims that we are not going to have the wool pulled over our eyes, or to be frustrated by authorial modesty, tact, or political correctness.

Carol Middleton reviews 'This Much Is True' by Miriam Margolyes

This Much Is True

by Miriam Margolyes

John Murray Press, $49.99 hb, 447 pp

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