Players of Shakespeare 4
Further Essays in Shakespearean Performance by Players with the Royal Shakespeare Company

This 1998 book is the fourth volume of essays by twelve actors with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Robert Smallwood (Edited by)

9780521794169, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 24 July 2000

224 pages, 29 b/w illus.
22.6 x 15 x 1.5 cm, 0.31 kg

' … excellent reading … The fluency and wit with which all of these actors discuss the texts they perform puts us professional academics to shame. The book is thoroughly to be recommended.' The Times Literary Supplement

This 1998 book is the fourth volume of essays by actors with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Twelve actors describe the Shakespearian roles they played in productions between 1992 and 1997. The contributors are Christopher Luscombe, David Tennant, Michael Siberry, Richard McCabe, David Troughton, Susan Brown, Paul Jesson, Jane Lapotaire, Philip Voss, Julian Glover, John Nettles, and Derek Jacobi. The plays covered include The Merchant of Venice, Love's Labours Lost, The Taming of the Shrew, The Winter's Tale, and Romeo and Juliet, among others. The essays divide equally among comedies, histories, and tragedies, with emphasis among the comedies on those notoriously difficult 'clown' roles. A brief biographical note is provided for each of the contributors and an introduction places the essays in the context of the Stratford and London stages.

List of illustrations
Preface
Introduction Robert Smallwood
Lancelot Gobbo in The Merchant of Venice and Moth in Love's Labour's Lost Christopher Luscombe
Touchstone in As You Like It David Tennant
Petruccio in The Taming of the Shrew Michael Siberry
Autolycus in The Winter's Tale Richard McCabe
Richard III David Troughton
Queen Elizabeth in Richard III Susan Brown
Henry VIII Paul Jesson
Queen Katherine in Henry VIII Jane Lapotaire
Menenius in Coriolanus Philip Voss
Friar Lawrence in Romeo and Juliet Julian Glover
Brutus in Julius Caesar John Nettles
Macbeth Derek Jacobi
Production credits.

Subject Areas: Shakespeare studies & criticism [DSGS]