From the Actor’s Notebook: Thoughts on Playing Shakespeare
An acclaimed performer shares his insights on five iconic leading roles.
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An acclaimed performer shares his insights on five iconic leading roles.
Enthusiasm for the ‘miraculous language’ of the Bard shows no signs of abating—nor do arguments about his legacy and contemporary relevance.
A grueling photo shoot puts actors’ training to the test.
Graphic versions of the Bard are proliferating like never before.
A look at a recent production at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, in association the Redmoon Theater.
After 400-plus years, the approximate, half-understanding fog through which we hear much of the Bard’s language won’t do anymore.
Who was Shakespeare, anyhow? Do even the experts really know? And why should anybody care?
Four tomes from the Shakespearean assembly line plumb the mind behind the man.
Why ‘The Merchant of Venice’ and ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ should remain open to interpretation.
Jan Kott writes about the exchange between life and drama so artfully that it sometimes appears that history and literature have performed his critical tasks for him.