Hamlet. A User's Guide

Michael Pennington

ISBN 10: 185459284X / ISBN 13: 9781854592842

Published by Nick Hern Books, 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; Paperback 1996 met fris en schoon binnenwerk. Licht scheef gelezen boekblok. Fijne leeslijntjes in de rug. Voorplat hoeken ezelsoortje.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hamlet. A User's Guide
• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 185459284X
• ISBN 13: 9781854592842
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fair
• Seller catalogs:
  • Theory of theatre and theatre technology

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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)