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| Foreword | ||
| Introduction | 1 | |
| 1 | Directing, The Old Vic, Hamlet | 31 |
| 2 | Romeo and Juliet, Richard II, King Lear | 45 |
| 3 | Macbeth | 61 |
| 4 | The Merchant of Venice, Measure for Measure, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night's Dream | 67 |
| 5 | Julius Caesar, Othello, Wolsey in Henry VIII | 79 |
| 6 | Scenery, Costumes | 91 |
| 7 | Company Ensembles, Shakespeare the Man, 'Effects' | 101 |
| 8 | The Tempest on Stage and Film | 109 |
| Postscript | 119 | |
| Appendix I: The Critics | 123 | |
| Appendix II: Harley Granville-Barker on King Lear | 149 | |
| Appendix III: Shakespeare plays Directed by John Gielgud | 162 | |
| Appendix IV: The Casts | 164 | |
| Index | 183 |
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $99.99 | Digital |
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Wayne Simpler
reviewed Acting Shakespeare on February 07, 2011
Acting Shakespeare
Sir John Gielgud's reflections on his career as an actor and director of Shakespeare's works will be of great interest to many, in particular those who work in the theatre. On the other hand, as a book, this is not what it could have been.
The book appears to be a memoir dictated to its co-author, and the reflections and remembrances move in a jumbled stream of consciousness, reflecting very lazy organization. The chatty approach makes for a mixed bag, with interesting anecdotes and observations about the theatre, but without a throughline that would help the reader return to these subjects later. Even Gielgud's famously bitchy sense of humor is subdued here, as if he were doing his very best to behave himself.
The photographs are also organized in no apparent order, although for some reason the Hamlet photographs are all together, as are most (but not all) of the Prospero photographs.
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Add Acting Shakespeare, (Applause Books). From the London Sunday Telegraph : Acting Shakespeare is extraordinary. The tone of the voice is unmistakably Sir John's, the atmosphere congenial. We're in the company of our greatest actor, who holds in his hands the last links of a ch, Acting Shakespeare to your collection on WonderClub |
