Shakespeare in Action : 30 Theatre Makers on their Practice

ISBN-13: 9781408171738 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 224 str.

UK) Bessell Dr. Jaq (Guildford School of Acting

Opis

A unique book about how theatre practice impacts and informs productions of Shakespeare which will give students a critical toolkit with which to study the plays as performance.

Recenzje

An engaging resource for anyone with an interest in Shakespeare performance, the politics of who can speak Shakespeare, how to speak Shakespeare, whom Shakespeare belongs to, and the alchemic transformation from words on a page, to actions on a stage. SKENÈ Journal of Theatre and Drama Studies

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Introduction THE INTERVIEWS The Cast Jade Anouka Ankur Bahl Eve Best Sandy Grierson John Harrell Alex Hassell Amer Hlehel Colin Hurley T.R. Knight Andrew Long Jonathan McGuinness Pippa Nixon Juliet Rylance Jonathan Slinger Emily Taafe Yolanda Vazquez The Creatives Mike Alfreds Tim Carroll Bunny Christie Geraldine Collinge Michael Corbidge Gregory Doran Polly Findlay Lindsay Kemp Ethan McSweeny Bruce O’Neill Tom Piper Renato Rocha Claire van Kampen Sian Williams CONCLUSIONS About the Author References Suggested Further Reading Index

O autorze

Jaq Bessell is Head of MA Acting and Head of Postgraduate Studies at the Guildford School of Acting, UK. After gaining her PhD, she spent the six years working in the professional theatre, first at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and later as Head of Research at Shakespeare's Globe in London. Later, she taught acting at the Actor Training Program at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City before joining the faculty in the M.Litt/M.F.A. programme in Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature in Performance at Mary Baldwin College, in partnership with the American Shakespeare Center. She then became a lecturer and fellow at the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon. Her work with actors is the source, form, and outlet for her ongoing research in Early Modern drama, particularly the plays of Shakespeare.