Actors Talk About Shakespeare

By: Mary Z. Maher

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Paperback | 31 May 2009

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Bravo, Shakespeare. Even today, his plays challenge celebrated actors to hone their skills and electrify audiences. Imagine the process actors undergo to recreate these spellbinding roles on stage. In an interview with the author, Kevin Kline declared that playing Shakespeare "uses a different muscle group in your head." Actors Talk About Shakespeare features personal interviews with a stellar collection of prominent American, Canadian, and British performers of Shakespeare onstage, including Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Stacy Keach, Zoe Caldwell, Martha Henry, William Hutt, Tony Church, Nicholas Pennell, and Geoff Hutchings. In conversations equivalent to a magician telling his secrets, Mary Z. Maher uncovers the actors' process. The book speaks to theater patrons, to actors both novice and experienced, and to educators who teach Shakespeare. Each chapter profiles a career in context, using the actor's words along with supporting research material. The result is a treasury of talents, tactics, and tales from veteran performers who return often to Shakespeare from careers in film and television.

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xiii
I Can Add Colors to the Chameleon	p. 1
Fretted with Golden Fire	p. 31
Sweet Prince	p. 55
Sweet Are the Uses of Adversity	p. 77
Her Infinite Variety	p. 103
Words, Words, Words	p. 125
Our Revels Now Are Ended	p. 153
Who Will Believe Thee, Isabel?	p. 173
Mend Your Speech a Little	p. 193
I Met a Fool i' the Forest	p. 213
Notes	p. 227
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