Players of Shakespeare 5, Volume 5Robert Smallwood Cambridge University Press, 2003 M12 8 - 234 pages This is the fifth volume of essays by actors with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre on their interpretations of major Shakespearian roles. The twelve essays discuss fourteen roles in twelve different productions between 1999 and 2002, including The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Antony and Cleopatra. The contributors are Philip Voss, Ian Hughes, Aidan McArdle, Zoë Waites, Matilda Ziegler, Alexandra Gilbreath, Antony Sher, David Tennant, Michael Pennington, Simon Russell Beale, Richard McCabe, Frances de la Tour and the late Nigel Hawthorne. |
Contents
Philip Voss Prospero in The Tempest | 15 |
Ian Hughes Dromio of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors | 29 |
Aidan McArdle Puck and Philostrate in A Midsummer | 43 |
Zoë Waites and Matilda Ziegler Viola and Olivia | 60 |
Alexandra Gilbreath Hermione in The Winters Tale | 74 |
Antony Sher Leontes in The Winters Tale and Macbeth | 91 |
David Tennant Romeo in Romeo and Juliet | 113 |
Michael Pennington Timon of Athens | 133 |
Simon Russell Beale Hamlet | 147 |
Nigel Hawthorne King Lear | 179 |
Richard McCabe Iago in Othello | 192 |
Frances de la Tour Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra | 212 |
Production credits | 231 |
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