A Midsummer Night's Dream by Michael Pennington

A Midsummer Night's Dream by Michael Pennington

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This widely experienced actor and director takes us scene by scene through Shakespeare's much-performed comedy elucidating how it actually works on stage, what choices are open to performers and what impact of those choices will have.

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A Midsummer Night's Dream by Michael Pennington

This widely experienced actor and director takes us scene by scene through Shakespeare's much-performed comedy elucidating how it actually works on stage, what choices are open to performers and what impact of those choices will have.

One of the world's major Shakespearian actors, Michael Pennington has played Hamlet, Timon of Athens, Berowne, Angelo, Richard II, Coriolanus, Macbeth, Henry V and Leontes in The Winter's Tale. In 2004 he gave the British Academy Shakespeare Lecture, the first practitioner to do so since 1925. He played Oedipus on BBC TV, Jude the Obscure on radio and Michael Foot in The Iron Lady.

He is the author of several books on Shakespeare, including Sweet William - Twenty Thousand Hours with Shakespeare, and of Are You There, Crocodile - Inventing Anton Chekhov. He continues to tour his solo shows, Sweet William and Anton Chekhov, throughout the world.

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ISBN 13 9781854598103
ISBN 10 1854598104
Title A Midsummer Night's Dream
Author Michael Pennington
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Nick Hern Books
Year published 2005-05-27
Number of pages 256
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.