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Author : Harriet Walter
Release : 2016
Genre : LITERARY CRITICISM
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 933/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Brutus and Other Heroines by : Harriet Walter
Download or read book Brutus and Other Heroines written by Harriet Walter. This book was released on 2016. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rich journey of discovery through the greatest roles in Shakespeare, both female and male.
Author : Harriet Walter
Release : 2003
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 519/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Other People's Shoes by : Harriet Walter
Download or read book Other People's Shoes written by Harriet Walter. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical and personal guide to acting.
Author : Julian Curry
Release : 2010
Genre : Drama
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Book Rating : 779/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Shakespeare on Stage by : Julian Curry
Download or read book Shakespeare on Stage written by Julian Curry. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen leading actors take us behind the scenes, each recreating in detail a memorable performance in one of Shakespeare's major roles. * Brian Cox on Titus Andronicus in Deborah Warner's visceral RSC production * Judi Dench on being directed by Franco Zeffirelli as a twenty-three-year-old Juliet * Ralph Fiennes on Shakespeare's least sympathetic hero Coriolanus * Rebecca Hall on Rosalind in As You Like It, directed by her father, Sir Peter * Derek Jacobi on his hilariously poker-backed Malvolio for Michael Grandage * Jude Law on his Hamlet, a palpable hit in the West End and on Broadway * Adrian Lester on a modern-dress Henry V at the National, during the invasion of Iraq * Ian McKellen on his Macbeth, opposite Judi Dench in Trevor Nunn's RSC production * Helen Mirren on a role she was born for, and has played three times: Cleopatra * Tim Pigott-Smith on Leontes in Peter Hall's Restoration Winter's Tale at the National * Kevin Spacey on his high-tech, modern-dress Richard II * Patrick Stewart on Prospero in Rupert Goold's arctic Tempest for the RSC * Penelope Wilton on Isabella in Jonathan Miller's 'chamber' Measure for Measure The actors discuss their characters, working through the play scene by scene, with refreshing candour and in forensic detail. The result is a masterclass on playing each role, invaluable for other actors and directors, as well as students of Shakespeare - and fascinating for audiences of the plays. Together, the interviews give one of the most comprehensive pictures yet of these characters in performance, and of the choices that these great actors have made in bringing them thrillingly to life. 'These passages of times remembered contribute vividly to the sense of a teemingly creative period when Shakespeare seemed to have been rediscovered.' Trevor Nunn, from his Foreword
Author : Paula Marantz Cohen
Release : 2021-02-09
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 321/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Of Human Kindness by : Paula Marantz Cohen
Download or read book Of Human Kindness written by Paula Marantz Cohen. This book was released on 2021-02-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning scholar and teacher explores how Shakespeare's greatest characters were built on a learned sense of empathy While exploring Shakespeare's plays with her students, Paula Marantz Cohen discovered that teaching and discussing his plays unlocked a surprising sense of compassion in the classroom. In this short and illuminating book, she shows how Shakespeare's genius lay with his ability to arouse empathy, even when his characters exist in alien contexts and behave in reprehensible ways. Cohen takes her readers through a selection of Shakespeare's most famous plays, including Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and The Merchant of Venice, to demonstrate the ways in which Shakespeare thought deeply and clearly about how we treat "the other." Cohen argues that only through close reading of Shakespeare can we fully appreciate his empathetic response to race, class, gender, and age. Wise, eloquent, and thoughtful, this book is a forceful argument for literature's power to champion what is best in us.
Author : Kristin Linklater
Release : 1993-01-01
Genre : Drama
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 389/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Freeing Shakespeare's Voice by : Kristin Linklater
Download or read book Freeing Shakespeare's Voice written by Kristin Linklater. This book was released on 1993-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A passionate exploration of the process of comprehending and speaking the words of William Shakespeare. Detailing exercises and analyzing characters' speech and rhythms, Linklater provides the tools to increase understanding and make Shakespeare's words one's own.
