Hugh Bonneville celebrates PLAYING UNDER THE PIANO

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Join Barnes & Noble - Union Squareon Thursday, November 17, 2022, as we welcome actor Hugh Bonneville, in conversastion,to celebrate the release of his new book PLAYING UNDER THE PIANO: From Downton to Darkest Peru! A moving, laugh-out-loud memoir from one of today’s best-loved British actors, whose credits include Downton Abbey, Notting Hill, and Paddington.

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• Book Admission - $31.61 (Admission + one copy of PLAYING UNDER THE PIANO+ 5-cent bag fee): **LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE**: A ticket PER PERSON includes:

• One signed, personalized copy of PLAYING UNDER THE PIANO.

• Admission to the event space for the Talk/Q&A and signing line with Hugh Bonneville.

• Socially distanced photos with Hugh will be allowed at the event.

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ABOUT PLAYING UNDER THE PIANO:

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.

ABOUTHugh Bonneville:

Hugh Bonneville’s film credits include Notting Hill, Iris, The Monuments Men, as well as the Paddington movies and Downton Abbey movies. I Came By, a contemporary thriller by director Babak Anvari is currently on Netflix.

Hugh’s television roles include Ian Fletcher in the BAFTA-winning Twenty Twelve and W1A (BBC) and Robert Crawley in ITV’s global hit, Downton Abbey, for which he received nominations for a Golden Globe, two Emmys and along with his fellow cast members won three SAG Awards for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series. He recently completed filming The Gold, a six-part drama about the 1983Brink’s-Mat bullion robbery for BBC One, iPlayer and Paramount+.

Hugh’s stage career spans more than three decades and includes seasons with the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. His most recent appearances were in Enemy of the People and Shadowlands, both at Chichester Festival Theatre.

He recently published his memoir, Playing Under the Piano.

Hugh is a patron of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, The National Youth Arts Trust, Scene &Heard, The Primary Shakespeare Company and the South Downs National Park Trust.

He lives in West Sussex with his wife, Lulu Williams. They have a son, Felix.