This introduction to the performance potential of one of Shakespeare's most theatrically exciting plays provides extensive commentary that explores the challenges faced by actors and directors and encourages readers to engage imaginatively with Shakespeare's words. Chapters on stage, film and critical history combine to form a comprehensive study.

About the Author
PAUL PRESCOTT is the Capital Centre Lecturer in English at the University of Warwick and has acted, directed and taught Shakespeare in Britain, America and Japan. His work has appeared in Shakespeare Survey, the Blackwell Companion to Shakespeare and Performance, and the revised Penguin Shakespeare series; he is currently working on Shakespeare and the Director (Oxford Shakespeare Topics, with Dennis Kennedy).



Book Information
ISBN 9781403941442
Author Paul Prescott
Format Paperback
Page Count 200
Imprint Red Globe Press
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 259g