Playing Shakespeare

John Barton

Bloomsbury USA, 26 Jul 1984 - 224 halaman

John Barton has been with the Royal Shakespeare Company since 1960 directing 26 of Shakespeare's plays for them. In the first half of the book, Barton attempts an objective analysis of how Shakespeare's text actually works, examining the use of verse and prose, set speeches and soliloquies, language and character. In the second half he concentrates on the more subjective areas such as irony and ambiguity, passion and coolness. The book springs from a nine-part London Weekend Television series, in which these various topics were investigated in front of the cameras by Barton and a group of well-known Shakespearean actors including Peggy Ashcroft, Tony Church, Sinead Cusack, Judi Dench, Susan Fleetwood, Mike Gwilym, Sheila Hancock, Lisa Harrow, Alan Howard, Ben Kingsley, Jane Lapotaire, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Ian McKellen, Richard Pasco, Michael Pennington, Roger Rees, Norman Rodway, Donald Sinden, Patrick Stewart, David Suchet and Michael Williams.

Useful for actors and scholars, this book will also aid teachers and students working on Shakespeare's plays in the classroom.

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John Barton is Oriel & Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford. John Muddiman is G. B. Caird Fellow in New Testament Studies in Mansfield College, Oxford.

Informasi bibliografi

• Judul: Playing Shakespeare; Performance Books
• Pengarang: John Barton
• Edisi: cetak ulang
• Penerbit: Bloomsbury USA, 1984
• ISBN: 0413547906, 9780413547903
• Tebal: 224 halaman