\n The A-list celebrity has been invited to a poetry reading at The Green Dragon pub on Marlborough High Street by former colleague Mark Whelehan.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Whelehan will be reading from his new book Inamorta as part of Marlborough LitFest\u2019s Poetry In The Pub event.\n<\/p>\n
\n He has invited Dame Judi to perform with him and read a poem inspired by her, named Doody Doody Doo.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Whelehan says he worked with Dame Judi as an assistant stage manager in London\u2019s West End in 1985.\n<\/p>\n
\n He admitted it\u2019s unlikely she will turn up, but hopes he will be surprised.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cJudi was very lovely to me, she is the sweetest person imaginable,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI\u2019m sure she will be far too busy to come down to Marlborough; but you never know, so I have sent her an invitation.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Inamorta is a collection of 70 poems written \u201cin tribute to women and their beauty, power and strength\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Whelehan added:\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m 70 in September so thought I would mark the occasion with poems about 70 women I have known.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWomankind is magnificent, I\u2019m in awe of women and want to exalt their wonders with these poems written about those who have had such an inspirational effect on me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The A-list celebrity has been invited to a poetry reading at The Green Dragon pub on Marlborough High…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,77,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-314394","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114964617371280807","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}