Shakespeare on Stage: Volume 2

by Julian Curry

Overview

A follow-up to Curry's popular Shakespeare On Stage.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781848422469
Publisher:	Theatre Communications Group
Publication date:	10/10/2017
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Julian Curry has acted in twenty-one of Shakespeare's plays, including leading roles on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, and in London's West End. The first volume of Shakespeare On Stage was shortlisted for the Theatre Book Prize.

Table of Contents

Foreword Nicholas Hytner ix

Introduction xi

Acknowledgements xiv

1 Roger Allam on Falstaff 1

2 Eileen Atkins on Viola 37

3 Simon Russell Beale on Cassius 61

4 Chiwetel Ejiofor on Othello 77

5 Sara Kestelman on Hippolyta and Titania 103

6 Ian McKellen on King Lear 127

7 Michael Pennington on Timon 159

8 Alan Rickman on Jaques 191

9 Fiona Shaw on Katherine 209

10 Patrick Stewart on Shylock 231

11 Harriet Walter on Imogen 251

12 Zoë Wanamaker on Beatrice 279

Synopses of the Plays 303