Players of Shakespeare 1: Essays in Shakespearean Performance by Twelve Players with the Royal Shakespeare CompanyPhilip Brockbank 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. |
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Contents
abstracts and brief chronicles | 1 |
Shylock in The Merchant of Venice | 11 |
Portia in The Merchant of Venice | 29 |
Malvolio in Twelfth Night | 41 |
As You Like It | 67 |
Lavatch in Alls Well That Ends Well | 77 |
Nurse in Romeo and Juliet | 91 |
Polonius in Hamlet | 103 |
Hamlet | 115 |
Timon of Athens | 129 |
Posthumus in Cymbeline | 139 |
Hermione in The Winters Tale | 153 |
Caliban in The Tempest | 167 |
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Players of Shakespeare: Essays in Shakespeareau Performance by Twelve ... No preview available - 1985 |
Players of Shakespeare 1: Essays in Shakespearean Performance by Twelve ... Philip Brockbank No preview available - 1985 |
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