Modern Hamlets & Soliloquies An Expanded Edition

In Modern Hamlets and Their Soliloquies (Iowa, 1992), Mary Maher examined how modern actors have chosen to perform Hamlet's soliloquies, and why they made the choices they made, within the context of their specific productions of the play. Adding to original interviews with, among others, Derek Jacobi, David Warner, Kevin Kline, and Ben Kingsley, Modern Hamlets and Their Soliloquies: An Expanded Edition offers two new and insightful interviews, one with Kenneth Branagh, focusing on his 1997 film production of the play, and one with Simon Russell Beale, discussing his 2000-2001 run as Hamlet at the Royal National Theatre.

Summary

In this volume, Mary Maher examines how modern actors have chosen to perform Hamlet's soliloquies, and why they have made the choices they made within the context of their specific productions of the play.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Z. Maher, Mary Z. (Professor Emerita Maher, University of Ar Mary Z. Maher (Professor Emerita, Mary Z. Maher (Professor Emerita USA), Mary Z Maher
• Publisher: University Of Iowa Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 11.12.2002
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet
• EAN: 9780877458265
• ISBN: 978-0-87745-826-5
• Dimensions (packing): 17.3 x 29 x 1.8 cm
• Weight (packing): 426 g
• Series: Studies in Theatre History and Culture; Studies in Theatre History & C; Studies in Theatre History and Culture; Studies in Theatre History & C
• Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare; Literature - Classics / Criticism; PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism