Hamlet: A User's Guide - Couverture souple

Pennington, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 185459284X ISBN 13 : 9781854592842

Editeur : Nick Hern Books, 1997

Synopsis

An intensely practical account of the way Hamlet actually works on stage.

Writing with the benefit of inside experience of many productions, actor and director Michael Pennington takes us through Hamlet scene by scene, and character by character. He also gives a personal account of his own encounters with the play, and of its staging through the ages.

'A wonderful book' Ronald Harwood

'Racy, vivid, well informed, and continuously entertaining' Stanley Wells

'An insider's guide par excellence' Simon Callow

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Michael Pennington (1943–2026) was a British actor, director and writer.

As an actor, he played a variety of leading roles in the West End, for the Royal Shakespeare Company, for the National Theatre and for the English Shakespeare Company, of which he was co-founder and joint Artistic Director from 1986-1992. He directed several of Shakespeare's plays.

He toured his solo shows, Sweet William and Anton Chekhov, throughout the world.

He wrote several books, including guides to Shakespeare's Hamlet, Twelfth Night and A Midsummer Night's Dream, as well as a study guide to Chekhov's Three Sisters. He is also the author of Sweet William: A User's Guide to Shakespeare (Nick Hern Books, 2013).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Nick Hern Books
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 185459284X
• ISBN 13: 9781854592842
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 220
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible