Players of Shakespeare 3: Further Essays in Shakespearean Performance by Players with the Royal Shakespeare Company [Paperback]

Russell Jackson (Editor), Robert Smallwood (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0521477344 | ISBN-13: 978-0521477345 | Publication Date: October 28, 1994

This is the third volume of essays by actors with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Thirteen actors describe the Shakespearean roles they played in productions between 1987 and 1991. 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.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"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

Book Description

Thirteen actors describe the Shakespearean roles they played with the Royal Shakespeare Company between 1987 and 1991. The anthology includes the Company's highly successful adaptation of the Henry VI plays retitled The Plantagenets.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (October 28, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521477344
• ISBN-13: 978-0521477345
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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