Performing Shakespeare

"Drawing on a lifetime's experience of playing Shakespearean roles, Oliver Ford Davies offers practical advice to actors, directors and drama students on a wide variety of scenes, characters, speeches and individual lines from almost every one of the plays." "The three core sections of Performing Shakespeare take us through the whole process of Preparation, Rehearsal and Performance, preceded by discussions of the Elizabethan actor and Shakespeare's language." "Also included are revealing interviews with other notable Shakespearean actors such as Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Harriet Walter, Josette Simon, Simon Russell Beale, Barbara Jefford, Adrian Lester and Juliet Stevenson."--Jacket.