The four actors whose careers the essays in this volume explore are not only the greatest English actors of their own times but also performers whose brilliance is still invoked by all interested in theatre. Each took a distinct approach to the Shakespeare roles they played and the texts they used: from David Garrick’s ability to move other actors as well as the audience to tears, to the noble classicism of John Philip Kemble, from the grand tragic style of Sarah Siddons to the terrifying energy of Edmund Kean. Each changed forever the concept of what Shakespeare’s plays might mean in performance.
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Series Preface - Peter Holland and Adrian Poole
Introduction, Peter Holland (Notre Dame, USA)
David Garrick, Peter Holland (Notre Dame, USA)
John Philip Kemble, Michael Dobson (Birkbeck, UK)
Sarah Siddons, Russ McDonald (Goldsmiths, UK)
Edmund Kean, Peter Thomson (Exeter, UK)
Index

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A comprehensive critical analysis of the most important Shakespearean critics, editors, actors and directors. This volume concentrates on key actors.
With a focus on the diverse afterlives of Shakespeare, this work assesses the double impact of Shakespeare on the figure covered and of the figure on the understanding, interpretation and appreciation of Shakespeare.
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Great Shakespeareans cover the contributions made by the most important Shakespearean critics, editors, actors and thinkers from the seventeenth to the twentieth century.

With world class contributors and editors, the series is a unique contribution to Shakespeare Studies, assessing both the impact of Shakespeare on the figures discussed, and the importance of the figures to our understanding of Shakespeare.

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Product details

ISBN
9781472517289
Published
2014-09-25
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; The Arden Shakespeare
Weight
366 gr
Height
234 mm
Width
156 mm
Age
P, U, 06, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
240

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Biographical note

Peter Holland holds the McMeel Family Chair in Shakespeare Studies in the Department of Film, Television and Theatre and is Associate Dean for the Arts at the University of Notre Dame, USA. He has served as the Director of the Shakespeare Institute at Stratford-upon-Avon and is editor of Shakespeare Survey and General Editor (with Stanley Wells) of Oxford Shakespeare Topics.

Contributors: Michael Dobson (University of Birmingham, UK), Peter Holland (University of Notre Dame, USA), Russ McDonald (Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK) and Peter Thomson (University of Exeter, UK).