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

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 degeneration.

“I can’t be on stage.

I can’t do a play any more.

I can’t do a film any more.

I can’t read any more,” the 91-year-old actor told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Thursday.

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