Hamlet: A User's Guide

Michael Pennington

ISBN 10: 185459284X / ISBN 13: 9781854592842

Published by Nick Hern Books, United Kingdom, London, 1997

About this Item

An intensely practical account of the way Hamlet actually works on stage. Writing with the benefit of inside experience of many productions, actor and director Michael Pennington takes us through Hamlet scene by scene, and character by character. He also gives a personal account of his own encounters with the play, and of its staging through the ages. 'A wonderful book' Ronald Harwood 'Racy, vivid, well informed, and continuously entertaining' Stanley Wells 'An insider's guide par excellence' Simon Callow. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Seller Inventory # GOR002472562

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hamlet: A User's Guide
• Publisher: Nick Hern Books, United Kingdom, London
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 185459284X
• ISBN 13: 9781854592842
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 322 grams

About this title

Synopsis

An intensely practical account of the way Hamlet actually works on stage.

Writing with the benefit of inside experience of many productions, actor and director Michael Pennington takes us through Hamlet scene by scene, and character by character. He also gives a personal account of his own encounters with the play, and of its staging through the ages.

About the Author

Michael Pennington first played Hamlet when a student at Cambridge in 1964. He went on to play the part for the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1980, amongst many other classical leads for the RSC, the National Theatre and the English Shakespeare Company, of which he was co-founder and joint Artistic Director from 1986-1992. He has also directed several productions of Shakespeare's plays, including Twelfth Night and A Midsummer Night's Dream. (2011-01-14)