{"product_id":"beginning-9780393331165","title":"Beginning","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \"Beginning,\" Academy Award nominee Kenneth Branagh charts the ups and downs of a life in acting - a young career that has made him the most acclaimed actor of his generation. Opening with his childhood in working-class Belfast, in a neighborhood of drinkers and dreamers, Branagh describes the fires of early ambition that drew him to the stage and to the plays of Shakespeare. At age twenty-four he founded his own actor's troupe with the goal of performing those plays; at twenty-eight, he directed and starred in the movie of \"Henry V,\" the role that won him international fame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBranagh, Kenneth:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eKenneth Branagh\u003c\/strong\u003e, who lives in London, is the author of three previous books: an autobiography, \u003cem\u003eBeginning\u003c\/em\u003e (Norton), and the tie-in volumes to \u003cem\u003eMuch Ado About Nothing\u003c\/em\u003e (Norton), and \u003cem\u003eHenry V.\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50324019249426,"sku":"9780393331165","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bd7a8c07-4fb6-4af7-ba39-7a9ea658e9c5.jpg?v=1727664492","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/beginning-9780393331165","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}