Players of Shakespeare 3: Further Essays in Shakespearean Performance by Players with the Royal Shakespeare Company: Further Essays in Shakespearean ... with the Royal Shakespeare Company v. 3

Players of Shakespeare 3: Further Essays in Shakespearean Performance by Players with the Royal Shakespeare Company: Further Essays in Shakespearean ... with the Royal Shakespeare Company v. 3

by RussellJackson (Editor), RobertSmallwood (Editor)

Synopsis

This is the third volume of essays by actors with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Thirteen actors describe the Shakespearian roles they played in productions between 1987 and 1991. The contributors are Roger Allam, Simon Russell Beale, Brian Cox, Gregory Doran, Penny Downie, Ralph Fiennes, Deborah Findlay, Philip Franks, Anton Lesser, Maggie Steed, Sophie Thompson, Harriet Walter and Nicholas Woodeson. The plays covered include Hamlet, Richard III, The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing, Measure for Measure and important theatrical rarities such as Cymbeline, Titus Andronicus, King John and the Henry VI plays in the Royal Shakespeare Company's highly successful adaptation retitled The Plantagenets. A brief biographical note is provided for each of the contributors.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 236
Edition: 1
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 16 Sep 1993

ISBN 10: 0521363209
ISBN 13: 9780521363204
Book Overview: This is the third volume of essays by actors with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Media Reviews
'... one of the best sources of practical Shakespearean criticism this century.' The Observer
This collection of essays by actors of the Royal Shakespeare Company is an excellent revelation of the working of the actor's mind as it moves from the first awareness of Shakespeare's words and ideas through the actor's image-built-upon-image characterization....This excellent series carries on the tradition of toby Cole and Helen K. Chinoy in Actors on Acting, with a more in-depth analysis by each actor; a future Edwin Duerr would find great use for these volumes as he writes his history of the theatre. Norman Lofland, English Language Notes