{"product_id":"playing-shakespeare-an-actors-guide-9780385720854","title":"Playing Shakespeare: An Actor's Guide","description":"\u003cb\u003ePlaying Shakespeare\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis the premier guide to understanding and appreciating the mastery of the world's greatest playwright. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Together with Royal Shakespeare Company actors-among them Patrick Stewart, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Ben Kingsley, and David Suchet-John Barton demonstrates how to adapt Elizabethan theater for the modern stage. The director begins by explicating Shakespeare's verse and prose, speeches and soliloquies, and naturalistic and heightened language to discover the essence of his characters. In the second section, Barton and the actors explore nuance in Shakespearean theater, from evoking irony and ambiguity and striking the delicate balance of passion and profound intellectual thought, to finding new approaches to playing Shakespeare's most controversial creation, Shylock, from \u003cb\u003eThe Merchant of Venice\u003c\/b\u003e. A practical and essential guide, \u003cb\u003ePlaying Shakespeare\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewill stand for years as the authoritative favorite among actors, scholars, teachers, and students.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Barton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/21\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.24w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385720854","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45175684890761,"sku":"9780385720854","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_2f0a60e6-4d50-4250-a24c-7c884c5e4872.jpg?v=1768892030","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/playing-shakespeare-an-actors-guide-9780385720854","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}