Sweet William: A User's Guide to Shakespeare by Michael Pennington

Sweet William: A User's Guide to Shakespeare by Michael Pennington

An exploration of Shakespeare's life and work by a leading actor who has spent twenty thousand hours working on the plays.

'Pennington's blend of scholarship and practical experience gives him an edge over critics with a purely academic knowledge.. It's like chatting to an immensely knowledgeable and entertaining actor in The Dirty Duck at Stratford: a raconteur full of theatrical anecdotes, waspish asides, and provocative insights'

* Drama magazine *

'I can't remember when I learned so much from a single volume as I have from Michael Pennington's engaging, absorbing, congenial, informative new book Sweet William... Sometimes he's anecdotal, often lyrical, always thoughtful and occasionally laugh-aloud funny. Pennington's book is a must-read for anyone interested in Shakespeare from almost any angle - actor, drama student, teacher, director, technician, literature student or audience member'

* The Stage *

'The most important and best set of original Shakespeare essays that I have read in over thirty years... Pennington is blessed with an ideal combination of talents and experiences... a wonderful book'

* Speaking English *

Michael Pennington played leading roles in Shakespeare's plays for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the English Shakespeare Company (of which he was co-founder and joint Artistic Director), the Peter Hall Company and the BBC. He also directed several of the plays, and is the author of three books on individual Shakespeare plays (Hamlet, Twelfth Night and A Midsummer Night’s Dream). He toured his solo shows, Sweet William and Anton Chekhov, throughout the world.

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ISBN 13	9781848423442
ISBN 10	1848423446
Title	Sweet William: A User's Guide to Shakespeare
Author	Michael Pennington
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Nick Hern Books
Year published	2013-12-12
Number of pages	336
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