The Faber Pocket Guide to Shakespeare's Plays Kenneth McLeish

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The Faber Pocket Guide to Shakespeare's Plays by Kenneth McLeish

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Summary

Going to see a 'Shakespeare' and want a quick run-down on the plot before you start? Teaching the 'Henry's' and need a handy guide to all the histories for the students? A Pocket Guide to Shakespeare's Plays gives all this and more: an introduction to Shakespeare and his times; It is a concise, readable and essential guide to all 36 plays.

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The Faber Pocket Guide to Shakespeare's Plays by Kenneth McLeish

Going to see a 'Shakespeare' and want a quick run-down on the plot before you start? Teaching the 'Henry's' and need a handy guide to all the histories for the students? A Pocket Guide to Shakespeare's Plays gives all this and more: an introduction to Shakespeare and his times; a note on the sources; cast lists, synopses; main character descriptions and an essay on each play. It is a concise, readable and essential guide to all 36 plays.

About Kenneth McLeish

Stephen Unwin is Artistic Director of the Rose Theatre in Kingston. He founded English Touring Theatre in 1993, where his Shakespeare productions include A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Macbeth, As You Like It, Henry IV, Parts One and Two, King Lear and Romeo and Juliet. He is the winner of the 2003 Sam Wanamaker Shakespeare Globe Award. He directed Kenneth McLeish's translations of A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler and The Master Builder. He has directed more than fifty theatre and opera productions for the Royal National Theatre, English National Opera, the Royal Opera House, the Royal Court Theatre and many others. His work has been seen at the Donmar Warehouse, the Almeida Theatre and the Old Vic. He has co-written A Pocket Guide to Twentieth Century Drama and A Pocket Guide to Ibsen, Chekhov and Strindberg (Faber & Faber), So You Want to be a Theatre Director? (Nick Hern Books) and A Guide to the Plays of Bertolt Brecht (Methuen).

Additional information

Sku

GOR001844611

ISBN 13

9780571237456

ISBN 10

0571237452

Title

The Faber Pocket Guide to Shakespeare's Plays by Kenneth McLeish

Author

Kenneth McLeish

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Faber & Faber

Year published

20070215

Number of pages

272

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