Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction Robert Smallwood; Prospero in The Tempest Philip Voss; Dromio of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors Ian Hughes; Puck (and Philostrate) in A Midsummer Night's Dream Aidan McArdle; Viola and Olivia in Twelfth Night Zoë Waites and Matilda Ziegler; Hermione in The Winter's Tale Alexandra Gilbreath; Leontes in The Winter's Tale, and Macbeth Antony Sher; Romeo in Romeo and Juliet David Tennant; Timon of Athens Michael Pennington; Hamlet Simon Russell Beale; King Lear Nigel Hawthorne; Iago in Othello Richard McCabe; Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra Frances de la Tour.

Promotional Information

The fifth volume in this popular series of essays by actors with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.

About the Author

Robert Smallwood is Honorary Fellow of the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon and was, until his retirement in 2001, Head of Education at the Shakespeare Centre, Stratford-upon-Avon.

Reviews

'...these accounts allow a rare opportunity to feel as well as read a character.' Plays International, June 2004 'The best efforts in this series are first rate.' Contemporary Review