Players of Shakespeare 5

by Robert Smallwood (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521676984
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	12/08/2005
Series:	Players of Shakespeare , #5
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.67(d)

About the Author

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.

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.

Editorial Reviews

'...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

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