Shakespeare on Stage: Volume 2 - Twelve Leading Actors on Twelve Key Roles

Informationen zum Autor Julian Curry (1937-2020) was a writer and actor who appeared in many of Shakespeare's plays. His extensive stage credits include leading roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, and in London's West End. He was also well known as Claude Erskine-Brown in the popular television series Rumpole of the Bailey . Numerous other TV credits include Inspector Morse , Sherlock Holmes , The Misanthrope , King Lear , Kavanagh QC , The Wyvern Mystery , A Fine Romance and Midsomer Murders . Among many movies are The Missionary , Fall from Grace , Rasputin , Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow and Escape to Victory (starring Pelé). His one-man entertainment Hic! or The Entire History of Wine (abridged) was performed over a hundred and fifty times, from Hong Kong to Bermuda to San Francisco, and sold out as a cartoon-illustrated book. He also wrote and recorded A Guide to Wine for Naxos Audiobooks. His books, Shakespeare On Stage and Shakespeare On Stage: Volume 2 , were both shortlisted for the Theatre Book Prize, and are published by Nick Hern Books. Sir Nicholas Hytner is an English theatre director, film director, and film producer. He was the Artistic Director of the National Theatre, London, 2003-2015. Klappentext A follow-up to Curry's popular Shakespeare On Stage. Zusammenfassung Twelve leading actors take us behind the scenes of landmark Shakespearean productions, each recreating in detail their memorable performance in a major role.

Product details

• Authors: Julian Curry, Curry Julian
• Assisted by: Hytner Nicholas (Foreword)
• Publisher: Hern, Nick Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9781848422469
• ISBN: 978-1-84842-246-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Shakespeare On Stage
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Acting techniques, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean, theatre; drama; acting; shakespeare