Shakespeare in Action

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30 Theatre Makers on their Practice

By Dr. Jaq Bessell

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Shakespeare in Action explores how Shakespeare’s plays are brought to life on stage through thirty interviews with leading theatre practitioners from the UK and the US. Actors, directors, designers and choreographers including Eve Best, Bunny Christie and Gregory Doran share insights into their creative processes, rehearsals and collaboration, providing a practical guide for understanding Shakespeare in performance.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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Ideal for students, theatre practitioners, actors, directors and anyone interested in Shakespearean performance and theatrical production.

A unique book about how theatre practice impacts and informs productions of Shakespeare which will give students a critical toolkit with which to study the plays as performance.

A unique book about how theatre practice impacts and informs productions of Shakespeare which will give students a critical toolkit with which to study the plays as performance.

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- How do actors prepare a script of a Shakespeare play for performance?

- Where do directors begin?

- What do Shakespeare's plays offer a designer or choreographer?

- How do the cast and creative team work together in rehearsals?

With Shakespeare in Action, Jaq Bessell presents thirty interviews with theatre practitioners from some of the larger producing theatres in the UK and the US, exploring the various processes which bring Shakespeare’s plays to the stage. Actors, designers, directors and choreographers, including Eve Best, Bunny Christie, Gregory Doran and Lindsay Kemp, share their collective wisdom and experience, and reveal how training and practice informs productions of Shakespeare plays.

These first-hand accounts provide students of Shakespeare in performance and practitioners with a critical toolkit with which to study the plays in performance.

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An engaging resource for those interested in Shakespearean theatre, this book offers valuable perspectives on performing and interpreting Shakespeare's works. Praised by SKENÈ Journal of Theatre and Drama Studies for its exploration of the transformation from page to stage, and by the British Theatre Guide for its wide appeal beyond actors to all with an interest in Shakespeare performance.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781408171738

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 January 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: The Arden Shakespeare

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 134.0mm

Height: 204.0mm

Weight: 260g

Pages: 224

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About the Author

Jaq Bessell is the Director of Postgraduate Studies and Programme Leader for MA/MFA Acting at the Guildford School of Acting, University of Surrey, UK. After gaining her PhD, she spent the six years working in the professional theatre, first at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and later as Head of Research at Shakespeare's Globe in London. Later, she taught acting at the Actor Training Program at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City before joining the faculty in the M.Litt/M.F.A. programme in Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature in Performance at Mary Baldwin College in partnership with the American Shakespeare Center. She then became a lecturer and fellow at the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon. Her work with actors is the source, form, and outlet for her ongoing research in Early Modern drama, particularly the plays of Shakespeare.