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Some of the finest of modern Hamlets have been seen on stage during the present century. Acclaimed theatre writer and scholar Jonathan Croall brings together extended essays on seven very different, original and acclaimed performances during these years, based on interviews with the actors and their directors. The essays are complemented by a series of pen-portraits of many other leading actors who have taken on the role during the last 65 years. Key actors covered include David Tennant, Maxine Peake, Simon Russell Beale, Mark Rylance, Jude Law and Rory Kinear. This is a unique and revalatory exploration of what it can mean to play Shakespeare's ultimate tragic hero.
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"In Performing Hamlet Croall gives a glimpse into preparing and performing the role of Hamlet ... Croall's examination is not purely academic: he enriches it with interviews of five actors and six directors engaged in productions of Hamlet. This makes the text much more appealing and applicable to the modern actor/director. Chapter 9 offers an extensive "day in the life" look at the 2000 National Theatre production with Simon Russell Beale as Hamlet. This chapter helps convey the fast-paced life of the professional actor in preparation, performance, and touring ... This is a solid and fresh study for actors/directors and those researching the production history of Hamlet. Summing Up: Recommended." - Choice
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Jonathan Croall is a distinguished biographer and theatre historian. He is the author of over twenty books, notably the acclaimed biographies John Gielgud: Matinee Idol to Movie Star (Bloomsbury Methuen Drama) and Sybil Thorndike: A Star of Life. His other titles include The Coming of Godot: A Short History of a Masterpiece (short-listed for the 2005 Theatre Book Prize); The Wit and Wisdom (and Gaffes) of John Gielgud and In Search of Gielgud: A Biographers Tale; two collections of his theatre journalism, Buzz Buzz! Playwrights, Actors and Directors at the National Theatre and Closely Observed Theatre: From the National to the Old Vic; and three books in the series The National Theatre at Work Hamlet Observed, Peter Halls Bacchai, and Inside the Molly House.
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- PublisherThe Arden Shakespeare
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1350030759
- ISBN 13 9781350030756
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages224
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