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Preface to Othello: Granville Barker's Prefaces to Shakespeare
Preface to Othello: Granville Barker's Prefaces to Shakespeare
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Author: Harley Granville Barker, Foreword by Richard Eyre Publisher: Nick Hern Books Format: Softcover # of Pages: 220 Pub. Date: 1993 ISBN-10: 1854591827 ISBN-13: 9781854591821
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About the Book:
Harley Granville Barker's invaluable insights into the plays of Shakespeare are an ideal study guide for students, teachers and anyone acting or directing Shakespeare's work. As Ian McKellen says, "If you can't see Shakespeare in the theatre, read Granville Barker instead. He is the century's most perceptive director of Shakespeare."
Preface to Love's Labour's Lost examines the play in intricate detail, looking closely at characters, plot and language, and with a particular emphasis on the meaning that can be gleaned through the text and a fluency of staging. This classic — and most practical — pocket-format volume is ideal for use in study or rehearsal room.
What people say:
"I regard Granville Barker not only as the first modern English director but as the most influential." — Richard Eyre, theatre director
"A deep and penetrating intelligence illuminates his observations, and they remain permanently relevant." — Peter Brook, theatre director
"Really the first person to talk about Shakespeare in a dramaturgical, rather than a literary, manner. And as such, of course, a central figure in the creation of the modern classical theatre." — Adrian Noble
"Barker offers a learned yet deeply intuitive approach to Shakespeare as a man-of-the-theatre, an act of empathy so complete as to give the illusion that Shakespeare himself has been given the opportunity to say what he was aiming for." — Simon Callow
About the Author:
Harley Granville Barker (1877-1946) was a renowned playwright, director and actor, most famously known for being one of the most influential actors and directors of Shakespeare of all time. Passionate about the value of theatre and committed to exploring ways of revitalising how plays are staged, when Barker retired from the theatre, he wrote The Prefaces to Shakespeare. |
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