Shakespeare and the Actor

A history of acting Shakespeare that explores the ways in which the lives and careers of actors have been shaped or influenced by playing Shakespearean roles, from Shakespeare's time to the present day.

List of contents

• Preface


• 1: The Idea of the Shakespearian Actor


• 2: Training


• 3: Directors


• 4: Text


• 5: Roles


• 6: Audiences


• 7: Trends


• Notes


• Further Reading

About the author

Lois Potter earned her doctorate at Cambridge University as a Marshall scholar. She has taught at the Universities of Aberdeen, Leicester, and Delaware, as a Visiting Professor at Paris III/Sorbonne-Nouvelle and Tsuda College, Japan, and as a seminar leader at the Folger Shakespeare Library. She has also been a Trustee of the Shakespeare Association of America and has taught for Globe Education. She has published on Shakespeare, Milton, early modern drama, literature of the English civil war, and Robin Hood, and often reviews theatrical productions.

Summary

A history of acting Shakespeare that explores the ways in which the lives and careers of actors have been shaped or influenced by playing Shakespearean roles, from Shakespeare's time to the present day.

Product details

• Authors: Lois Potter, Lois (Ned B. Allen Professor of English Em Potter, Potter Lois
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9780198852612
• ISBN: 978-0-19-885261-2
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Oxford Shakespeare Topics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Theatre Direction & Production, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Theatre direction and production, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean