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Shakespeare on stage : thirteen leading actors on thirteen key roles / Julian Curry ; foreword by Trevor Nunn.

By: Curry, Julian.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Nick Hern, 2010Description: xiii, 255 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781848420779 (hbk.); 1848420773 (hbk.).Subject(s): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Dramatic production | Shakespearean actors and actresses -- InterviewsDDC classification: 792.95
Contents:
Brian Cox on Titus Andronicus -- Judi Dench on Juliet -- Ralph Fiennes on Coriolanus -- Rebecca Hall on Rosalind -- Derek Jacobi on Malvolio -- Jude Law on Hamlet -- Adrian Lester on Henry V -- Ian McKellen on Macbeth -- Helen Mirren on Cleopatra -- Tim Piggott-Smith on Leontes -- Kevin Spacey on Richard II -- Patrick Stewart on Prospero -- Penelope Wilton on Isabella -- Synopses of the plays.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Unrivalled insights into playing Shakespeare's major characters, from an extraordinary roll-call of star actors. Includes stories from Brian Cox, Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, Rebecca Hall, Derek Jacobi, Jude Law, Adrian Lester, Ian McKellen, Helen Mirren, Tim Pigott-Smith, Kevin Spacey, Patrick Stewart, and Penelope Wilton.

Brian Cox on Titus Andronicus -- Judi Dench on Juliet -- Ralph Fiennes on Coriolanus -- Rebecca Hall on Rosalind -- Derek Jacobi on Malvolio -- Jude Law on Hamlet -- Adrian Lester on Henry V -- Ian McKellen on Macbeth -- Helen Mirren on Cleopatra -- Tim Piggott-Smith on Leontes -- Kevin Spacey on Richard II -- Patrick Stewart on Prospero -- Penelope Wilton on Isabella -- Synopses of the plays.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Foreword on Trevor Nunn (p. ix)
  • Introduction (p. xi)
  • Acknowledgements (p. xv)
  • 1 Brian Cox on Titus Andronicus (p. 1)
  • 2 Judi Dench on Juliet (p. 15)
  • 3 Ralph Fiennes on Coriolanus (p. 37)
  • 4 Rebecca Hall on Rosalind (p. 57)
  • 5 cDerek Jacobi on Malvolio (p. 81)
  • 6 Jude Law on Hamlet (p. 99)
  • 7 Adrian Lester on Henry V (p. 117)
  • 8 Ian McKellen on Macbeth (p. 143)
  • 9 Helen Mirren on Cleopatra (p. 171)
  • 10 Tim Pigott-Smith on Leontes (p. 185)
  • 11 Kevin Spacey on Richard II (p. 199)
  • 12 Patrick Stewart on Prospero (p. 213)
  • 13 Penelope Wilton on Isabella (p. 227)
  • Synopses of the Plays (p. 239)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Julian Curry is himself an actor, best known as Claude Erskine-Brown in Rumpole of the Bailey on television. He has appeared in many of Shakespeare's plays, frequently with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and in several of the productions anatomised in this book.