Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru -- Hugh Bonneville, Hardcover

A moving, laugh-out-loud memoir from one of today's best-loved British actors, whose credits include Downton Abbey, Notting Hill, and Paddington.

From getting his big break as Third Shepherd in the school nativity play, to mistaking a Hollywood star for an estate agent, Hugh Bonneville creates a brilliantly vivid picture of a career on stage and screen. What is it like working with Judi Dench and Julia Roberts, or playing Robert De Niro's right leg, or not being Gary Oldman, twice? A wickedly funny storyteller, Bonneville also writes with poignancy about his father's dementia and of his mother, whose life in the secret service emerged only after her death.
Whether telling stories of working with divas, Dames, or a bear with a penchant for marmalade, this is a richly entertaining account of his life as an actor.

Author: Hugh Bonneville
Publisher: Other Press (NY)
Published: 11/08/2022
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.46lbs
Size: 9.15h x 6.30w x 1.34d
ISBN: 9781635423426

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2022
Publishers Weekly 08/29/2022
Library Journal 11/01/2022 pg. 108