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John Barton - Playing Shakespeare (Performance Books) - 9780713687736 - V9780713687736
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Playing Shakespeare (Performance Books)

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Description for Playing Shakespeare (Performance Books) Paperback. A classic work for actors and students on understanding and playing Shakespeare. In the first half of the book, Barton attempts an objective analysis of how Shakespeare's text actually works; in the second half he concentrates on the more subjective areas such as irony and ambiguity, passion and coolness. Series: Performance Books. Num Pages: 224 pages, ill. BIC Classification: ANC; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 292.
"Generations of actors joining the RSC have benefited from John Barton's teaching" Trevor Nunn "One of the sanest, wisest and most practical volumes I have ever read about Shakespeare" Michael Billington John Barton is Advisory Director at the Royal Shakespeare Company and has directed some of the greatest Shakespeare productions of our time. His book, Playing Shakespeare, is a transcript of his televised workshops with some of our finest Shakespearean actors: Peggy Ashcroft, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Ben Kingsley, Patrick Stewart and David Suchet. "What the programmes and published text reveal, is the method and principle approach of acting Shakespeare ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Performance Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780713687736
SKU
V9780713687736
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About John Barton
John Barton is Advisory Director to the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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