Exploring Shakespeare: A Director's Notes from the Rehearsal Room - Softcover

Alexander, Bill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848429819 ISBN 13: 9781848429819

Verlag: Nick Hern Books, 2024

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In Exploring Shakespeare, acclaimed theatre director Bill Alexander takes us inside the rehearsal room to reveal – in unprecedented and captivating detail – exactly what happens there. He examines the key relationship between the actors and the director, how they work together to bring Shakespeare's vision to life, and how choices are made that will shape every aspect of the play in production.

Full of acute observations and perceptions drawn from a long and brilliant career, the book covers the essential aspects of any Shakespeare production, from understanding the world of the play, to preparing and cutting the text, deciding on costumes and set design, handling soliloquies, and considering character and backstory.

There are detailed studies of eight plays spanning the full length and breadth of the Shakespearean canon, from Titus Andronicus and The Shrew to The Tempest, via Macbeth, Othello, Hamlet, Lear and Twelfth Night. Alexander also provides first-hand case studies of three of his own productions, including his famous Richard III starring Antony Sher.

Personal, forthright, and full of pragmatic advice, Exploring Shakespeare is a masterclass for directors and actors, and a fascinating insight for anyone interested in Shakespeare.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Bill Alexander is a British theatre director. He was an Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and then Artistic Director of Birmingham Rep. His landmark productions include Richard III with Antony Sher and The Merry Wives of Windsor (both Olivier Award-winners), The Merchant of Venice, The Taming of the Shrew, Titus Andronicus and King Lear with Corin Redgrave.

He is the author of Exploring Shakespeare: A Director's Notes from the Rehearsal Room.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Nick Hern Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1848429819
• ISBN 13: 9781848429819
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 244
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