Judi Dench says sight loss means she can no longer perform but she is still ‘besotted by’ Shakespeare’s sonnets

October 22, 2026 · 1:06 pm 1 sources

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• Judi Dench says sight loss means she can no longer perform but she is still ‘besotted by’ Shakespeare’s sonnets
  The Guardian · October 22, 2026 13:06
  Age-related macular degeneration has also left actor, 91, unable to read or recognise faces any more Judi Dench has said she can no longer perform on stage or in films because of her deteriorating eyesight, more than a decade after revealing she had been diagnosed with age-related macular…