Shakespeare's text is packed with clues that help the reader to
"hear "and the performer to "act "any speech. He also tells the
actor when to go fast and when to go slow and when to accent a
particular word.
This book sets out to make going to Shakespeare performances or
acting in them a richer experience, and it should have a wide
appeal to both actors and audiences.
It also celebrates Sir Peter Hall's fifty years as a director of
Shakespeare; from his early days at Cambridge, through founding the
Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford on Avon in the early '60s,
and later to his fifteen years as the director of the Royal
National Theatre of Great Britain. Throughout these years, Peter
Hall worked with the greatest Shakespearean actors of our
generation including Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Edith Evans,
Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft, Charles Laughton and in later
years Judi Dench, Anthony Hopkins, Ian Holm, David Warner, and many
others. Through this great line flows a tradition of speaking and
understanding Shakespeare that remains as relevant and important
today. And it is Hall's experience of working and learning with
these and many other actors over the years that underpins the core
of this book.
Sir Peter Hall is one of the major figures in theatre today. To
date he has directed over two hundred productions, including the
world premiere in English of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot,"
and the premieres of most of Harold Pinter's plays. His diary and
autobiography are published by Oberon Books.
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