Players of Shakespeare 1: Essays in Shakespearean Performance by Twelve Players with the Royal Shakespeare Company - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521244285 ISBN 13: 9780521244282

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1985

Synopsis

This is believed to be the first book of its kind. Twelve distinguished actors were asked to write about the preparation and performance of a Shakespeare role they had played in a production with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

About this title

Book Description:

Twelve actors describe their preparation for and performance of a Shakespearean role with the Royal Shakespeare Company. The result is an account of the instability of the actor's art as well of his professional discipline.

Review:

"...brilliant testimony to the specific and incomparable commentary that actors can be persuaded to provide."--Peter Holland, Theatre Notebook

"Rarely can we participate in the actor's creative process as he or she prepares and performs a specific role, but in this collection we have a concentrated, thoughtful, energetic, and delightful set of essays on the actor's art...the level is outstandingly high."--Library Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0521244285
• ISBN 13: 9780521244282
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 200
• Editor: Brockbank Philip