A Piece of Work: Playing Shakespeare and Other Stories HB Bottom rather than being forced to

rather than being forced to leave home to work in a factory

or The Distressed Lovers

and this no ordinary island

insular and on the brink of disaster

Stanley Wells (editor)

A Piece of Work: Playing Shakespeare and Other Stories HB Bottom rather than being forced toA Piece of Work: Playing Shakespeare and Other Stories Simon Russell Beale (Author) Simon Russell Beale is one of Britain's most recognisable and well loved actors. He has played many roles on stage, film, television and radio ranging from Winston Churchill to Stalin, George Smiley to King Arthur. But ever since his appearance at school as a glamorous Desdemona, complete with false eyelashes that rendered him half blind, he has been captivated by