Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Abigail Rokison-Woodall is Deputy Director of the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, UK. Her first monograph, Shakespearean Verse Speaking won the Shakespeare’s Globe first book award. As well as writing a number of journal articles and chapters on Shakespeare and theatre, she has also published Shakespeare for Young People, Shakespeare in the Theatre: Nicholas Hytner and As You Like It: Language and Writing. She also works on the RSC's ‘Signing Shakespeare’, a project which has produced a series of resources and films for teaching Shakespeare’s Macbeth to deaf children.
Sir Simon Russell Beale is the leading Shakespearean actor of his generation, having played King Lear, Hamlet, Macbeth, Malvolio, Timon of Athens, Benedick, Falstaff, Prospero and Richard II in film and television over more than thirty years.
Richard III is one of Shakespeare's enduring villains as the troubled and troubling figure at the heart of this popular succession drama. Traversing the familiar terrain of scheming plots, proposals, betrayals and kingly power, this edition is presented in an easy to read format with notes for performance and rehearsal by directors and actors. It is edited by academic and director, Abigail Rokison-Woodall and the leading Shakespearean actor, Sir Simon Russell Beale.
Arden Performance Editions are ideal for anyone engaging with a Shakespeare play in performance. With clear facing-page notes giving definitions of words, easily accessible information about key textual variants, lineation, metrical ambiguities and pronunciation, each edition has been developed to open the play's possibilities and meanings to actors and students.
Designed to be used and to be useful, each edition has plenty of space for personal annotations and the well-spaced text is easy to read and to navigate.
Each edition offers:
- Short, clear definitions of words
- Information about key textual variants
- Notes on pronunciation of difficult names and unfamiliar words
- An easy to read layout with space to write your own notes
- A short introduction to the play
Preface
Series Introduction
A Note on Metre
Introduction
Key Figures of Classical Mythology
Suggested Further Reading
Dramatis Personae
Richard III
Index
This new series of Arden play texts offers annotations specifically designed to meet actors’ needs. Providing the trustworthy scholarship of the Arden Shakespeare, they will free you for your own interpretation of a part, and are perfectly suited to the context of the rehearsal room.
Praise for the series:
“I wish I'd had copies like this at Drama School … Next time I'm in rehearsal on a Shakespeare play, I have no doubt that a copy from this series will be in my hand.” – Adrian Lester, Actor, Director and Writer
"In such a crowded market, it is remarkable to see editions that feel so fresh, relevant, and necessary.” – Studies in Theatre and Performance
“A breakthrough of practical magic in clarifying the text and characterization within the canon. It de-mystifies 400 year old scripts with a fresh and dynamic energy. For directors in rehearsal – finally we have a partner in research – a companion that will help actors and entire creative teams understand the text and enjoy the journey even more than usual...and that’s quite a lot.” – Barbara Gaines, Artistic Director of the Chicago Shakespeare Theater
“Using the Arden Performance Editions is a game-changer for creating modern productions of early modern dramas … these editions are an essential meeting ground between scholarship and practice.” – Dr Zoe Svendsen, Dramaturg, Othello (National Theatre), The Tempest (Shakespeare’s Globe)
"As a Shakespeare director, actor and teacher based out of Denver, Colorado, I deeply appreciate the Arden Performance Editions. They are perfect for rehearsal room and classroom alike, opening up the language without drowning in historical facts. I have introduced them to the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, the Utah Shakespeare Festival, and the Orlando Shakespeare Festival with my work there and find new fans with every show." – Geoffrey Kent
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Abigail Rokison-Woodall is Deputy Director of the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, UK. Her first monograph, Shakespearean Verse Speaking won the Shakespeare’s Globe first book award. As well as writing a number of journal articles and chapters on Shakespeare and theatre, she has also published Shakespeare for Young People, Shakespeare in the Theatre: Nicholas Hytner and As You Like It: Language and Writing. She also works on the RSC's ‘Signing Shakespeare’, a project which has produced a series of resources and films for teaching Shakespeare’s Macbeth to deaf children.
Sir Simon Russell Beale is the leading Shakespearean actor of his generation, having played King Lear, Hamlet, Macbeth, Malvolio, Timon of Athens, Benedick, Falstaff, Prospero and Richard II in film and television over more than thirty years.