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Players of Shakespeare 6
Essays in the Performance of Shakespeare's History Plays

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Editor: Robert Smallwood

Robert Smallwood, Guy Henry, Kelly Hunter, Jo Stone-Fewings, David Rintoul, Samuel West, David Troughton, Nancy Carroll, Desmond Barrit, Adrian Lester, Fiona Bell, Richard Cordery, Henry Goodman

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Date Published: September 2007
availability: Available
format: Paperback
isbn: 9780521711821

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This sixth volume of essays by members of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre is the first to focus on a single group of Shakespeare's plays--the eight history plays of the two Lancastrian tetralogies together with King John and the apocryphal Edward III.
- The first volume in the series to focus on a single group of plays, i.e. the history plays
- Provides a glimpse into the working methods of actors with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre
- Illustrated with excellent photographs of productions
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'… rich and searching volume …' The Times Literary Supplement
'The best efforts in this series are first rate.' Contemporary Review
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Product details
- Date Published: September 2007
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521711821
- length: 236 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 14 mm
- weight: 0.35kg
- contains: 25 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction Robert Smallwood
King John Guy Henry
Constance in King John Kelly Hunter
The Bastard in King John Jo Stone-Fewings
King Edward the Third David Rintoul
King Richard the Second Samuel West
Bolingbroke in Richard the Second and King Henry the Fourth David Troughton
Lady Percy in Parts 1 and 2 of Henry the Fourth Nancy Carroll
Falstaff in Parts 1 and 2 of Henry the Fourth Desmond Barrit
King Henry the Fifth Adrian Lester
Joan of Arc in Part 1 of Henry the Sixth and Margaret of Anjou in Parts 1, 2, and 3 of Henry the Sixth and in Richard the Third Fiona Bell
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester in Parts 1 and 2 of Henry the Sixth and Buckingham in Richard the Third Richard Cordery
King Richard the Third Henry Goodman.
Editor
Robert Smallwood
Robert Smallwood is Honorary Fellow of the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon and was, until his retirement in 2001, Head of Education at the Shakespeare Centre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Contributors
Robert Smallwood, Guy Henry, Kelly Hunter, Jo Stone-Fewings, David Rintoul, Samuel West, David Troughton, Nancy Carroll, Desmond Barrit, Adrian Lester, Fiona Bell, Richard Cordery, Henry Goodman