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Players of Shakespeare 3
Further Essays in Shakespearean Performance by Players with the Royal Shakespeare Company

Part of Players of Shakespeare

Editors:
Russell Jackson
Robert Smallwood

Roger Allam, Simon Russell Beale, Brian Cox, Gregory Doran, Penny Downie, Ralph Fiennes, Deborah Findlay, Philip Franks, Anton Lesser, Maggie Steed, Sophie Thompson, Harriet Walter, Nicholas Woodeson

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Date Published: September 1994
availability: Available
format: Paperback
isbn: 9780521477345

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This is the third volume of essays by actors with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Thirteen actors describe the Shakespearian roles they played in productions between 1987 and 1991. The contributors are Roger Allam, Simon Russell Beale, Brian Cox, Gregory Doran, Penny Downie, Ralph Fiennes, Deborah Findlay, Philip Franks, Anton Lesser, Maggie Steed, Sophie Thompson, Harriet Walter and Nicholas Woodeson. The plays covered include Hamlet, Richard III, The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing, Measure for Measure and important theatrical rarities such as Cymbeline, Titus Andronicus, King John and the Henry VI plays in the Royal Shakespeare Company's highly successful adaptation retitled The Plantagenets. A brief biographical note is provided for each of the contributors.
- Third paperback in the very successful Players of Shakespeare collection
- First-hand view of working methods and preparation for the roles
- Contains numerous illustrations of the actors in performance
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'... one of the best sources of practical Shakespearean criticism this century.' The Observer

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Product details
- Date Published: September 1994
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521477345
- length: 240 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 153 x 17 mm
- weight: 0.39kg
- contains: 28 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Preface
Introduction Robert Smallwood
The Duke in Measure for Measure Roger Allam
Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing Maggie Steed
Portia in The Merchant of Venice Deborah Findlay
Solanio in The Merchant of Venice Gregory Doran
Rosalind (and Celia) in As You Like It Sophie Thompson
King John Nicholas Woodeson
King Henry VI Ralph Fiennes
Queen Margaret in Henry VI and Richard III Penny Downie
Richard of Gloucester in Henry VI and Richard III Anton Lesser
Thersites in Troilus and Cressida Simon Russell Beale
Titus Andronicus Brian Cox
Hamlet Philip Franks
Imogen in Cymbeline Harriet Walter
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Editors
Russell Jackson
Robert Smallwood
Contributors
Roger Allam, Simon Russell Beale, Brian Cox, Gregory Doran, Penny Downie, Ralph Fiennes, Deborah Findlay, Philip Franks, Anton Lesser, Maggie Steed, Sophie Thompson, Harriet Walter, Nicholas Woodeson