Performing King Lear: Gielgud to Russell Beale by Croall, Jonathan [Paperback]

Description: A unique exploration of the challenges and rewards of performing "King Lear "based on interviews with leading actors and directors. Introduction 1 A Stage History 2 The First of the Moderns: John Gielgud, Randle Ayrton, Donald Wolfit, Laurence Olivier 3 At the Old Vic: William Devlin, John Gielgud 4 A Stratford Decade: John Gielgud, Michael Redgrave, Charles Laughton, Paul Scofield 5 For the Royal Shakespeare Company: Eric Porter, Donald Sinden, Michael Gambon 6 Around the Regions: Michael Hordern, Kathryn Hunter, Warren Mitchell, Pete Postlethwaite, Tim Pigott-Smith 7 At the Old Vic 2: Anthony Quayle, Eric Porter, Alan Howard 8 In the Round: Paul Shelley, Clive Swift, John Shrapnel 9 For the Royal Shakespeare Company 2: John Wood, Robert Stephens, Nigel Hawthorne 10 At the Globe: Julian Glover, David Calder, Joseph Marcell 11 On the Road: Timothy West, Anthony Quayle, Richard Briers 12 In Wales and Scotland: Nicol Williamson, David Hayman 13 Young Audiences, Young Players: Tony Church, Richard Haddon Haines, Timothy West, Nonso Anozie, Paul Copley 14 For the Royal Shakespeare Company 3: Corin Redgrave, Ian McKellen, Greg Hicks 15 In Smaller Spaces: Robert Demeger, Tom Wilkinson, Oliver Cotton, Oliver Ford Davies, Derek Jacobi, Jonathan Pryce 16 Transatlantic Sessions: Peter Ustinov, Christopher Plummer, Frank Langella, Michael Pennington 17 At the National: Anthony Hopkins, Brian Cox, Ian Holm, Simon Russell Beale Sources Further Reading Acknowledgements Index

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