Actors talk about Shakespeare / Mary Z. Maher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maher, Mary Z.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Dramatic production.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history.

Actors--Interviews.

Actors.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

xxii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Limelight Editions, 2009.

Summary:

Even today, Shakespeare's plays continue to challenge celebrated actors to hone their skills and electrify audiences. Kevin Kline declared that "if you let two or three years go without playing Shakespeare, you begin to realize that it uses a different muscle group in your head."

Actors Talk About Shakespeare features personal interviews with a stellar collection of prominent American, Canadian, and British performers, including Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Stacy Keach, Nicholas Pennell, and others. In conversations equivalent to magicians telling their secrets, Mary Z. Maher uncovers the actors' process. Actors Talk About Shakespeare speaks to theater patrons, to both novice and experienced actors, and to educators who teach Shakespeare. Each chapter profiles a career in context, resulting in a treasury of talents, tactics, and tales from veteran performers who return often to Shakespeare from their careers in film and television

Contents:

Kevin Kline : I can add colors to the chameleon

Kenneth Branagh : fretted with golden fire

Derek Jacobi : sweet prince

Stacy Keach : sweet are the uses of adversity

Zoe Caldwell : her infinite variety

Nicholas Pennell : words, words, words

William Hutt : our revels now are ended

Martha Henry : who will believe thee, Isabel?

Tony Church : mend your speech a little

Geoffrey Hutchings : I met a fool i' the forest.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780879103644

0879103647

OCLC:

246891739