Players of Shakespeare 5
Players of Shakespeare 5
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This is the fifth volume of essays by actors with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre on their interpretations of major Shakespearian roles. Twelve essays analyze fourteen roles in twelve different productions between 1999 and 2002.
- Provides a glimpse into the working methods of actors with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre
- Contributors are all well-known actors and the volume includes the late Sir Nigel Hawthorne's reflections on his last role in the theatre
- Excellent photographs of productions, most not published before
Reviews & endorsements
'...these accounts allow a rare opportunity to feel as well as read a character.' Plays International
'The best efforts in this series are first rate.' Contemporary Review
Product details
January 2006Paperback
9780521676984
244 pages
229 × 152 × 17 mm
0.4kg
24 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction Robert Smallwood
- Prospero in The Tempest Philip Voss
- Dromio of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors Ian Hughes
- Puck (and Philostrate) in A Midsummer Night's Dream Aidan McArdle
- Viola and Olivia in Twelfth Night Zoë Waites and Matilda Ziegler
- Hermione in The Winter's Tale Alexandra Gilbreath
- Leontes in The Winter's Tale, and Macbeth Antony Sher
- Romeo in Romeo and Juliet David Tennant
- Timon of Athens Michael Pennington
- Hamlet Simon Russell Beale
- King Lear Nigel Hawthorne
- Iago in Othello Richard McCabe
- Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra Frances de la Tour.
