Julius Caesar - Actors on Shakespeare

Julius Caesar: Actors on Shakespeare sees Corin Redgrave - who has acted in Julius Caesar for the Royal Shakespeare Company three times over thirty years - skilfully blend the history, the play and his experience of performance to fashion an astute and penetrating view of Shakespeare's play. Zusammenfassung Corin Redgrave played Octavius Caesar in 1972 for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Brutus in 1986 at the Young Vic, London, and Julius Caesar in 1996 at Houston's Alley Theatre. Here he skilfully blends the history, the play and his experience of performance to fashion an astute and penetrating view of Shakespeare's most public of plays. Shakespeare's work is important in shaping our language and character. The enduring popularity and success of Shakespearean productions in theatre and on film is a truly international and cross-cultural phenomenon. The aim of the Actors on Shakespeare series is to provide a unique and accessible contemporary commentary to each of the plays via top-class actors who have performed in them.

Product details

• Authors: Corin Redgrave, Redgrave Corin
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 17.06.2002
• EAN: 9780571212408
• ISBN: 978-0-571-21240-8
• No. of pages: 80
• Dimensions: 113 mm x 179 mm x 6 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Individual actors & performers, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Individual actors and performers, Acting techniques, Acting; Actors on Shakespeare; Criticism; Stagecraft, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean