Sweet William: A User's Guide to Shakespeare
A User's Guide to Shakespeare
$31.62
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
12 December 2013
Summary
Michael Pennington’s solo show about Shakespeare, Sweet William, has been acclaimed throughout Europe and in the US as a unique blend of showmanship and scholarship. In this book, he deepens his exploration of Shakespeare’s life and work - and the connection between the two - that lies at its heart.
It is illuminated throughout by the unrivalled insights into the plays that Pennington has gained from the twenty thousand hours he has spent working on them as a leading actor, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848423442 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1848423446 |
| Author: | Michael Pennington |
| Publisher: | Nick Hern Books |
| Imprint: | Nick Hern Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 12 December 2013 |
| Weight: | 438g |
| Dimensions: | 29mm x 140mm x 214mm |
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Critics Review
‘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
Michael Pennington is a British actor, director and writer. He has played a variety of leading roles in the West End, for the Royal Shakespeare Company, for the National Theatre and for the English Shakespeare Company, of which he was co-founder and joint Artistic Director from 1986-1992. He has also directed several of Shakespeare’s plays, and is the author of books on Hamlet, Twelfth Night and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, amongst others. He has toured his solo shows, Sweet William and Anton Chekhov, throughout the world.
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