Overview

• The disclosures come from a new interview with Germany's Die Zeit, reported Thursday by AFP, Stern and Der Tagesspiegel.
• Dench says she can still recite entire Shakespeare plays from memory, citing A Midsummer Night's Dream, Measure for Measure and Twelfth Night.
• She describes on-stage accommodations that include bright mats to indicate where she should stand.
• Coverage notes these are self-reported health details with no medical diagnosis or additional clinical information provided.
• Reports place the remarks in the context of her global profile as James Bond's M and her 1999 Oscar for Shakespeare in Love.