Pages 65 - 74 │ Calypso, part I │ Read by Eddie Izzard

Pages 65 - 74 │Calypso, part I│Read by Eddie Izzard


As a dramatic actor, Eddie picked up a Tony nomination for best
actor in 2003 for her performance in A Day In The Death Of Joe
Egg on Broadway. She was seen recently acting alongside Dame Judi
Dench, playing Edward VII to Judi’s Queen Victoria, in Stephen
Frears’ Victoria & Abdul. 


Eddie is also one of the most challenging and respected comedians
of her generation, having picked up two Emmys in 1999 and is now
performing standup in four languages and has performed in forty
five countries. Eddie has therefore been unusual in
developing a stellar reputation as a dramatic actor and as a
standup comedian.


On March 20, 2016, Izzard completed running 27 marathons in 27
days in South Africa as a tribute to Nelson Mandela and raised
over £2.6 million ($3.3 million) for Sport Relief, a charity that
helps improve the lives of people in impoverished countries. In
2009, Izzard ran 43 marathons in 51 days through England, Wales,
Northern Ireland and Scotland for charity and helped raise £1.8
million ($2.7 million) for Sport Relief. In January 2020 Eddie
ran the first part of his 'Make Humanity Great Again' journey, an
epic charity challenge running through 29 European capital cities
over 29 days. And in January 2021 she ran 32 marathons in 31 days
in COVID safe conditions on a treadmill at the Riverside Studios
in London, again raising money for charity for the Make Humanity
Great Again fund. 


https://www.eddieizzard.com/en


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